colonialism
English
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Pronunciation
[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
[edit]colonialism (countable and uncountable, plural colonialisms)
- The seizure of geographical area to extract its natural resources or exploit the labor of the indigenous peoples to remotely benefit a distant country.
- 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.
- (colloquial, often derogatory) The subjugation of a weaker country, population, or people by a dominant country, population, or people.
- 2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 3 December 2021:
- It was the racist, settler colonialism that created whiteness, that created blackness, half-caste, quarter-caste, octoroon, that saw mixed-race people as a third race.
- (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
[edit]Translations
[edit]policy of authority over people or territories
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colonial linguistic expression
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colonial life
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Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French colonialisme. Equivalent to colonial + -ism.
Noun
[edit]colonialism n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| singular only | indefinite | definite |
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| nominative-accusative | colonialism | colonialismul |
| genitive-dative | colonialism | colonialismului |
| vocative | colonialismule | |
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷelh₁-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- English terms suffixed with -ism
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- en:Colonialism
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- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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