colonialism
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈləʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm/, /kəˈləʊ.ni.ə.lɪ.zəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈloʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm/, /kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪ.zəm/
Audio (Mid-Atlantic US): (file)
Noun
editcolonialism (countable and uncountable, plural colonialisms)
- The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.
- 2008 June 1, A. Dirk Moses, “Preface”, in Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation, and Subaltern Resistance in World History, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page x:
- Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone.
- (by extension, derogatory) Any form of foreign influence seen as undesirable.
- A colonial word, phrase, concept, or habit.
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 239:
- Although the settlement seems so far to have made but slow progress, there are many things which show that, to use a colonialism, "the place was going ahead."
- Colonial life.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editpolicy of authority over people or territories
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colonial linguistic expression
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colonial life
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Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French colonialisme. Equivalent to colonial + -ism.
Noun
editcolonialism n (uncountable)
Declension
edit declension of colonialism (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) colonialism | colonialismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) colonialism | colonialismului |
vocative | colonialismule |
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- en:Colonialism
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