neocolonialist
- adjective
- /ˌniːoʊˈkɒləˌnɪlɪst/
- Literature
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neocolonialista
- Her research focuses on the neocolonialist tendencies in modern international relations, particularly in former colonies.
Examples
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Following the publicizing of the manifesto, however, and as if on cue (providing evidence of continuing neocolonialist policy), the National Assembly, on February 23, 2005, adopted a law that requires schools to teach about "the positive role" of French colonialism, angering not only postcolonial immigrants but also heads of state of former colonies.
Academic text (2006) -
The violent process, while arguably useful in seizing power, lingers to plague the neocolonialist state.
Academic text (1994) -
You are a follower, and it is obvious that you are not a leader; not only does your history, but also your current servile and subordinate position under your neocolonialist masters, affirm that.
Blog text (10) -
Within the neocolonialist frameworks, which nurtured the revaluative efforts of Senghor and colleagues, forms of cultural primitivism similarly played with master codes and assumptions.
Academic text (2002) -
The image of the "Miamian" is that of someone with a neocolonialist mentality, someone who believes that long years spent opposing the regime from abroad, as well as professional and political experience in the United States, places him at a vantage position when it comes to guiding Cuba's political, economic, and social development.
Academic text (1992) -
By cannibalist, he refers to a rise in cultural nationalism, which resists foreign imperialism by digesting, recycling, and in a sense appropriating foreign technologies and neocolonialist ideologies.
Academic text (1993) -
Many critics argue that the company's actions in Africa reflect a neocolonialist approach to economic development.
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The documentary highlighted how some nations still operate under a neocolonialist framework, exploiting resources without giving fair compensation.
Synonyms
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Relating to a policy that makes a country control other countries, often by force
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Relating to a country's effort to control other countries, often by force
Wanting one group or country to control others
How Controlling
Surface Forms
Morphology
neocolonialist = colonialist + neo (transparent) = neo + colonial + ist
The adjective is clearly formed by adding the productive prefix 'neo-' to 'colonialist', yielding a meaning of a renewed or modern form of colonialism.
Etymology
Neocolonialist comes from neo- meaning 'new' and colonial from colony meaning 'a land controlled by outsiders'. So, neocolonialist describes a new kind of control where countries or companies use money, trade, or political power to influence other places instead of ruling them directly.