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colonialist

colonialist

7 7.8
A person who supports a country taking control of other lands
  • noun
  • /ˌkɒləˈnɪəlɪst/
: colonialista
  • As a colonialist, he supported the establishment of settlements in foreign lands.
  • colonialist discourse
  • colonialist practices
  • colonialist power

I think the point is that this is the only place that they felt they could force without being called like, colonialist.

Examples

  • The colonialist approach often disregards the rights and traditions of indigenous populations.

  • Many people believe that a colonialist mindset leads to the exploitation of native cultures.

  • You taught me that the colonialist strategy is to divide and rule, and that the only response is to stand united.

    A United Kingdom (2016)

  • Israel will suffer the same fate as all colonialist states; it is only a matter of time.

    Blog text (6)

  • The Old Mythology's "people without a history" view was a convenient colonialist construction.

    Academic text (1995)

  • That just seems like a colonialist critique rather than honestly engaging with them on their own terms.

    Bodied (2018)

  • But we live now in a postcolonial era in a country with no tolerance for colonialist wars.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Many Palestinians view Israel as entirely illegitimate and a colonialist settler enterprise.

  • Most of us who teach indigenous religions are descendants of colonialists, and we continue to reap benefits from that colonialism.

    Academic text (1996)

  • In short, a cosmology of incorporation was displaced by a science of exclusion, a colonialist anthropology.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

imperialist
vscolonialist
9 7.8

A person who wants their country to control and rule other countries, often by force

focuses on establishing or controlling colonies rather than wider empire policy
colonizer
vscolonialist
5 6.7

A person who goes to another land and takes control of its people and land

is broader, covering supporters and advocates as well as active founders

How Supportive

imperialist
9 7.8
colonialist
7 7.8
supporter
810 1.0
neutral
198 3.6
opponent
1 3.4

Surface Forms

colonialist singular
colonialists plural

Morphology

colonialist = colonial (transparent) = colonial + ist

Built from 'colonial' (itself colony + -al) plus the agentive suffix '-ist', so the meaning 'a person who supports or practices colonialism' is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word colonialist comes from colony, which means a 'settlement' in another land, and the word colonize meaning 'to settle' or 'to take control'. So a colonialist is someone who supports making colonies and controlling other countries.