Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudocolonialism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pseu-do-colo-nial-ism
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From pseudo- + colonialism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pseudo-

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

pseudocolonial pseudocolonization pseudocolony neocolonialism

Questions

What does pseudocolonialism mean?: Something which resembles or appears to be colonialism (in various senses), but is really not.
Where does pseudocolonialism come from?: From pseudo- + colonialism.

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