colonialism
/kəˈloʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.33 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The seizure of geographical area to extract its natural resources or exploit the labor of the indigenous peoples to remotely benefit a distant country.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The subjugation of a weaker country, population, or people by a dominant country, population, or people.
Colloquial; Countable; Derogatory; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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.""
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English colonialism From colonial + -ism.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kəˈloʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm/
- British English: /kəˈləʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm/