self-colonize
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To regain power (by indigenous people) after having been under colonial rule by another country, typically with the adoption of some of the culture of the former colonizers.
verb
To be introduced into an ecosystem through natural processes, as opposed to deliberate introduction by people.
Example Sentences
- "Nazi-era Schlager are thus reappropriated as part of the FRG after 1989 and help to self-colonize the previously alien(ated) nation of Germany for the Germans."
- "The legacy of colonialism continues and expands to include those who self-colonize thereby reaffirming Weber's caricatures and uncritical idealisations of Westernisation and law or even to idealisations of Islamic law."
- "The significant distinction from Glissant in chamoiseau's novel, however, comes from the fact that the béké masters have been replaced with black policemen; the French power structure allows the various strata of Martinique to self-colonize through their language use."
- "Steeped in a military lore from college and from international exposure, the subaltern promised success for shaping an army of modern soldiers from mere peasants and for advancing the schedule to self-colonize the republic's dark corners."
- "Cordgrass will be planted, not left to self-colonize."
- "If not, expect an abundance of weeds, by which we mean invasive and nonnative species that self- colonize."