This chapter presents commonly used terms in the study of postcolonialism. The terms listed begin with the alphabet “S”. Detailed explanation is provided for several terms, including secularism/post‐secularism, settler colonialism, situated knowledge, stereotyping, and strategic essentialism. Each entry includes the origin of the term; a detailed explanation of its perceived meaning; and examples of the term's use in literary‐cultural texts. Settler colonialism is seen as an extremely violent invasion, usually accompanied by the massacre and complete extermination of the local inhabitants, such as the aboriginals and the Native Americans. This genocide‐ethnocide is one of the central features of the settler colony. Stereotyping, closely aligned with essentialism, fixes and freezes a community with a set of attributes. Essentialism is the compiling of a set of characteristics as the defining features of a race/group/culture. Strategic essentialism works to further a political interest for all those historically denied rights, whether Asian or black.