colonialism
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- noun
- /kəˈloʊniəˌlɪzəm/
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colonialismo
- That's precisely my point: practices such as sexism and colonialism take on different forms in different historical eras.
- legacy of colonialism
- internal colonialism
- aftermath of colonialism
And this horrific shit show of colonialism.
- And this horrific shit show of colonialism.
- But it's also a country that has a very, very dark past of colonialism.
- He is breathtakingly silent about the role of European conquest, slavery, and colonialism in producing these global inequities.
- Let me tell you a story of one of the most insane and horrendous versions of European colonialism in Africa.
- I mean, your comments about white construction helping colonialism was dead on.
- That left anti-Semitism is America's bad, Israel's bad, colonialism is bad.
- And so the people who do study the laws of motion, well, they study colonialism or imperialism.
- So the, so part of colonialism is forgetting about colonialism, right?
- Those were rich concepts, but settler colonialism, heteronormativity.
- Zionism in this respect is anti colonialism.
- That comes from racism, racism and the and colonialism.
- They see it as a, a, a factual description of settler colonialism.
- It doesn't just refer to black and white or French colonialism.
Examples
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The economic, political, and cultural domination of colonialism lingers in multiple ways long after the changing of flags.
Academic text (2008) -
These islands were, in a real sense, testing grounds for Iberian colonialism in the New World.
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It's not whether colonialism was good or bad, of course it was bad.
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Now, what about the economic wing of colonialism?
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Colonialism is the exploitation of the people.
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What was it like for you to be on this side of British colonialism but be interviewing people who are still going through British colonialism?
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Simone Lee's work is powerful, ambitious, and explores history, race, colonialism and gender.
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So, I represent those of my countrymen who are struggling to free Umbia from the yoke of colonialism.
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The tactics, strategies, and manifestations of the spatial dimensions of colonialism may change, but the tribe continues to confront colonialism.
Academic text (2008) -
The legacy of colonialism still impacts the economy and society of many former colonies today.
Synonyms
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A policy in which a country takes control of other countries, often by taking land or using force
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Taking control of land and its people and bringing settlers from another country
A process when a country takes control of other lands and people
Compounds
How Controlling
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Colonialism comes from the Latin colonia, meaning 'settlement', and is the same root as colony and colonist. So colonialism is the practice of sending settlers to other lands to live there and take control of the land and its resources.