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colonial past

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meanings of colonialand past


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colonial
adjective
uk /kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/ us /kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/
relating to a colony ...
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past
noun[S]
uk /pɑːst/ us /pæst/
the period before and until, but not including, the ...
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Examples of colonial past


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Nor does it mention the colonialpast of certain great powers or the persistent influence they wish to continue to exert.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We should not back away from the matter or be embarrassed about our colonialpast.
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I think we should take into account a certain hangover from the colonialpast in this respect.
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To hide behind a sense of embarrassment about our colonialpast would be seen by many ordinary people as an excuse for inaction.
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In this milieu, the strategy of economic development was shaped by the colonialpast and the nationalist present.
The policy of bringing in expatriates as classroom teachers is influenced by both the colonialpast and current pressure from parents.
It was striking how openly the memory of the colonialpast was revived.
It is clear that the pace of economic growth during the period from 1950 to 1980 constituted a radical departure from the colonialpast.
It was a radical departure from the colonialpast.
Their alternative version of the colonialpast recast the role of colonizers and colonized.
In this book, 16 countries are discussed which are joined through economic organisations, colonialpast, or other significant factors.
Seen from this perspective, independence was not a major rupture with a colonialpast, but a brief hiatus in which scientific priorities and concerns could be challenged, if very temporarily.
People did not want to be reminded of their days of submission, and getting rid of the language was one way of obliterating the colonialpast.
I think to some extent we are even less justifiably guilt-ridden because of our colonialpast.
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I do not normally defend our colonialpast, but we did not spend much time consulting people before absorbing them into our colonial empire.
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They have a population of only just over 300,000 living within an artificial boundary imposed by a colonialpast.
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It would be independent, untarnished by our colonialpast and should be a proper, high-level visit by eminent people.
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The states and their national borders derive not from domestic movements which shaped an independent state, but simply from the colonialpast.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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