Usually means: Challenging colonial legacies and power.
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  1. decolonizing: Merriam-Webster
  2. decolonizing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. decolonizing: Vocabulary.com
  4. decolonizing: Wordnik
  5. decolonizing: Wiktionary
  6. decolonizing: Dictionary.com
  7. Decolonizing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. decolonizing: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See decolonize as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (decolonize)

verb:  (transitive) To release from the status of colony; to allow a colony to become independent.
verb:  (transitive, social sciences) To reverse the colonization of, i.e. to grant back autonomy to a group.
▸ Also see decolonize


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