ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Transcolonial

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Transcolonial is an adjective meaning Involving several colonies; spanning multiple colonies or across multiple colonial borders.

Meaning

Involving several colonies; spanning multiple colonies or across multiple colonial borders.

More Meanings

  1. Between or beyond colonial boundaries.

Example Sentences

... best understood and interrogated on a regional, transcolonial level of generalization. This analysis is no less specific because it is based on vampire stories from Tanzania interpreted with vampire stories from Uganda […]
In both cases, the seeming downfall of 'England' as the hegemonic power was given as the pretext for a new transcolonial model of the Empire. Kipling and the 'imperialist' camp resorted to this model to secure maximum support from the .
This existence of a transcolonial approach to the legal issues surrounding slavery needs further exploration, especially since it seems to have spread beyond the British possessions in North America: in 1804, the Vermont Supreme Court .
[…] century was held together increasingly by large transcolonial companies. These companies and corporations were often made up of partners who were socially and financially connected to one another through marriage relations and birth.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include intercolonial, intercolony, crossnational, transnational, transcontinental, intracolonial.

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