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colonization

colonization

26 6.0
Taking control of land and its people and bringing settlers from another country
  • noun
  • /ˌkɒlənəˈzeɪʃən/
translation icon : colonización
  • The history of the indigenous peoples of Canada reveals the significant effects of colonization on their cultures.
  • European colonization
  • Spanish colonization
  • colonization of Palestine

I just wonder, is space colonization a good or realistic idea?

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Examples

  • Disease thoroughly cleared Hispaniola for European colonization virtually without resistance.

  • We are now seeing a real push, like a genuine real push backed by money for colonisation of the Moon and also Mars.

  • I like how the country is built, like the colonization and everything.

  • If people think this is how to honor us, then colonization has really taken hold.

    Academic text (2008)
  • And there was this whole movement that called for colonization of Palestine.

  • No matter how you feel about the colonization of America, it did happen and we should acknowledge that.

  • Her family escaped the initial waves of colonization.

  • What was to follow was, you know, assimilation and colonization right into American Society.

  • Well, what if I'm skeptical of how many Native Americans died with European colonization of North America?

  • Our syllabus says we're supposed to cover Native Americans on the eve of colonization.

Synonyms

settlement
vscolonization
234 3.2

A place where people start living together in a new area

is the act of taking control over territory and people from another nation
imperialism
vscolonization
28 8.0

A policy in which a country takes control of other countries, often by taking land or using force

is the concrete action of taking territory and moving people to rule it
colonialism
vscolonization
22 7.4

Control of one country by people from another country who live there and take its resources for profit

is the focused act of establishing control and moving people from abroad
imperialization
vscolonization
9.9

A process when a country takes control of other lands and people

is more narrowly the act of taking land and placing people there to govern

Antonyms

decolonization
  • Specialized
7.4

Removing colonial ideas and rules so local voices are heard

How Controlling

domination
102 4.7
occupation
225 7.2
annexation
16 7.5
colonization
26 6.0
settlement
234 3.2

Surface Forms

colonization singular
colonizations plural

Morphology

colonization = colonize (transparent) = colony + ation

A regular nominalization from the verb 'colonize' (to establish colonies); the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Colonization comes from the Latin words colonia 'settlement' and colonus 'farmer', and you can see the same root in colony. It originally meant making new settlements and farms in another place, so today colonization still means taking control of a territory and settling it with people from another country.