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Decolonise seems to be far more common. I’ve never seen “de-colonialise” used, in fact, but seen “decolonise” used all over the place.
by selfhoster11 4y ago
Decolonise seems to be far more common. I’ve never seen “de-colonialise” used, in fact, but seen “decolonise” used all over the place.
- benj111 4y agoI've seen decolonise before, but in the context of removing colonies. This is about a hangover of colonialism. To me colony is A-political, whereas colonial applys to the politics. Taking it further. I colonise America I colonise mars I colonise maths? What does that mean? We aren't talking about a literal colony, were talking about colonialism. So (De)colonialise is the word the I would make up to describe this.
- selfhoster11 4y agoI am not arguing about what the word should mean, I am simply pointing out that people seem to use it this way.