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Meaning of Colonialism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
kəˈləʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm

Definitions

  1. The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Any form of foreign influence seen as undesirable.
    broadly, countable, derogatory, uncountable
  3. A colonial word, phrase, concept, or habit.
    countable, uncountable
  4. Colonial life.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية اِسْتِعْمَارِيَّة الإستعمارية
Azərbaycanca kolonializm müstəmləkəçilik
Bosanski kolonijalizam колонијализам
Català colonialisme
Čeština kolonialismus
Cymraeg gwladychiaeth
Dansk kolonialisme
Deutsch Kolonialismus
Ελληνικά αποικιοκρατία αποικισμός
Esperanto koloniismo
Español colonialismo
Suomi kolonialismi
Français colonialisme
Galego colonialismo
עברית קולוניאליזם
हिन्दी उपनिवेशवाद
Hrvatski kolonijalizam колонијализам
Magyar gyarmatosítás kolonializmus
Հայերեն գաղութատիրություն
Bahasa Indonesia kolonialisme penjajahan
Íslenska nýlendustefna
Italiano colonialismo
日本語 植民地主義
ქართული კოლონიალიზმი
Қазақша отаршылдық
ខ្មែរ អាណានិគមនិយម
한국어 식민주의 식민지화
Македонски колонијализам
Bahasa Melayu kolonialisme
မြန်မာဘာသာ ကိုလိုနီဝါဒ
Nederlands kolonialisme
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਉਪਨਿਵੇਸ਼ਵਾਦ ਬਸਤੀਵਾਦ
Polski kolonializm
Português colonialismo
Русский колониализм
Slovenčina kolonializmus
Српски kolonijalizam колонијализам
Svenska kolonialism
Kiswahili beberu
ไทย ลัทธิอาณานิคม
Türkçe kolonyalizm müstemlekecilik sömürgecilik
Українська колоніалізм
Tiếng Việt chủ nghĩa thực dân

Examples

“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.”
“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.”
“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."”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Colonialist Colonialistic Colonialists coloniality colonialization Colonially

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