proto-imperialism
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
7
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Invasive and exploitative practices that anticipated capitalist imperialism.
Example Sentences
- "But just as classical Pan-Africanism—that of the twentieth century—can be understood as a reaction to classical European imperialism, so the reaction of early Africans or American Negroes to what could be called proto-imperialism can be described as ‘proto-Pan-Africanism.’¹"
Etymology
From proto- + imperialism.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: proto-
Inflected Forms
protoimperialism (alternative)