mission sacré

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French [Term?].

Noun

mission sacré

1. civilizing mission: a political rationale for military intervention and for colonization purporting to facilitate dissemination "Western" civilization to what they perceived as heathen, primitive cultures.

Further reading

• “mission sacré” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.