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Etymology edit

neo- +‎ colonial

Adjective edit

neocolonial (comparative more neocolonial, superlative most neocolonial)

  1. (geopolitics) Of or pertaining to, or based on, neocolonialism
    • 1988 January 29, Michael Miner, “Art of Our Arrogance/Rethinking Vietnam”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      One of the things that was a sin of ours, and the neocolonial arrangement we tried to produce, was that we had all the answers and they had none.
    • 2009 January 18, Haroon Siddiqui, “Obama cannot walk on water but he can disperse dark clouds”, in Toronto Star[2]:
      This is a racist, neocolonial construct.

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Adjective edit

neocolonial m or f (plural neocoloniais)

  1. (geopolitics) neocolonial (of or relating to, or based on, neocolonialism)

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Adjective edit

neocolonial m or f (masculine and feminine plural neocoloniales)

  1. neocolonial