neocolonialist

Examples

• All

• It is their grief and outrage over this, rather than some "neocolonialist" hidden agenda, that accounts for why so many of them have been mesmerized by the idea of humanitarian military intervention.

  Academic text (2002)

• The activist criticized the government for its neocolonialist policies in foreign nations.

• And who was the absolute worst of the neocolonialists?

  Blog text (13)

• Neocolonialists.

  Fiction book (1997)

• I sat on a park bench, watching the progress of the work, feeling sorry for myself and ashamed: an imperialist in search of primitive idealism, neocolonialist of the soul.

  Fiction book (1992)

• As for the terms in which Les Demoiselles has been read, they have often been incipiently sexist, heterosexist, racist, and neocolonialist; so I will argue.

  Academic text (1994)

• Many consider him a neocolonialist for exploiting resources in developing countries.

Synonyms

C

colonialist

vsneocolonialist

5 7.8

A person who supports a country taking control of other lands

focuses on indirect economic control and exploitation rather than direct rule

E

expansionist

vsneocolonialist

1 6.8

Someone who wants their country to have more land or power

is about indirect economic control rather than gaining territory directly

N

neocolonial

vsneocolonialist

9.9

A person, government, or policy that supports indirect foreign control over a country

is the noun form referring to a person or group rather than a policy

Antonyms

A

anticolonial

6.8

A person who opposes foreign rule and supports a country's independence

I

independista

8.1

A person who wants their region to become a new country

Surface Forms

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Etymology