postcoloniality means the quality of being postcolonial. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
Why “postcoloniality” is a great word
POSTCOLONIALITY — [Noun] The condition or quality of being postcolonial, especially the social, cultural, and political characteristics of a society after the formal end of colonial rule. From English postcolonial (itself from post- ("after") + colonial) + -ity (suffix forming nouns denoting a state or condition). First attested in 1989. Unlike "colonialism" (which denotes the active system of foreign domination) or "decolonization" (which names the historical process of dismantling that system), postcoloniality is the persistent, contested atmosphere that remains. It is the ghost limb of a forgotten empire aching in a national anthem, the architectural palimpsest of a renamed boulevard, and the reclaimed tradition performed for a tourist's lens—a world permanently measured by the long shadow of an interrupted history.
Etymology
From postcolonial + -ity.
noun
- The quality of being postcolonial.