This chapter presents commonly used terms in the study of postcolonialism. The terms listed begin with the alphabet “F”. Detailed explanation is provided for several terms, including feminism (Islamic), filiation/affiliation, first world, and fourth world. 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. From the 1990s a strand of feminism has emerged from the Islamic nations. The USA, UK, France, the Scandinavian nations, Canada, the Mediterranean countries and Australia are deemed to be the first world whose economy relies on capitalism, and usually has some form of democracy as opposed to the totalitarian socialism of the second world. A new category after the first, second and third world, the fourth world represents a group of people, or nation, usually within a larger nation.