Meaning of pseudocolonialism | Babel Free

Definitions

Something which resembles or appears to be colonialism (in various senses), but is really not.

uncountable

Examples

“However, it does not make sense to talk of blacks, who make up 85 percent of the population of South Africa, as a majority, because given the pseudocolonialism of apartheid (the legal segregation of the races), blacks have no power at all.”

“English is the language of business, science, and technology, the language of modern empire and pseudocolonialism, and the language of Hollywood, of mechanized, corporate culture and consumption.”

CEFR level