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colonially

colonially

1 7.1
In a way that a country rules another place as a colony
  • adverb
  • /kəˈloʊnɪəli/
: colonialmente
  • Colonially induced, sequential structural changes in investment, production, division of labor, and trade have come in response to the progressive economic maturation of industrial countries (Wallerstein 1979).

Examples

  • For example, in the village of Ogol, they are performed near the post office on the edge of town (Lane 1988), a colonially demarcated space which carries a symbolic identity different from that of the buildings and spaces of the residential parts of the village.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Israel was occupied as a colonially oppressed nation.

    Blog text (24)
  • Of particular interest here are photographs in which the men lampoon the touristic monuments of colonially imposed provincial borders.

    Academic text (2013)
  • For Irele Dipo, these colonially constructed states alienate local populations instead of addressing individual ethnic loyalties.

    Academic text (1998)
  • In these colonially-minded accounts of the political function of sentiment, the interaction of empathic evocations, humanitarian sensibility, and rights discourses is far from straightforward.

    Academic text (2018)
  • He then presented a fait accompli of a 'United Ethiopia' to the OAU summit, so that he could claim later that the decision regarding the colonially fixed boundaries was not applicable to Ethiopia and Eritrea.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The new museum exhibits items that reflect the colonially influenced history of the region.

  • Many artifacts in the collection illustrate how colonially established governments impacted indigenous cultures.

  • The discussions about education were often framed in a colonially informed context that acknowledged past injustices.

Synonyms

imperialistically
vscolonially
1 8.4

In a way that tries to control other countries and their people

refers generally to colonies or colonial rule without implying active domination

Surface Forms

colonially positive

Morphology

colonially = colonial (transparent) = colony + ial + ly

The adjective 'colonial' plus the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' yields a predictable adverb meaning 'in a colonial manner'.

Etymology

Colonially comes from the Latin word colonia, which meant a 'settlement' set up by people from another country and is the same root as the English word colony. So, to act colonially is to do something in a way that relates to colonies or to rule by settlers from another country.