colonialist
/kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.44 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to colonialism.
noun
One who supports or advocates colonialism.
Example Sentences
- "Outlines of a systemic relation between society and ecology are evident with the theoretical innovations underlying the ecoimperialist and colonialist critiques."
- "[Marc Jacobs] is a colonialist, an extender of brands, and in very good shape."
- "So far, the daily dose of quinine had been bitter and very unpalatable. […] To make the medicine go down more easily, colonialists occasionally mixed the powder with sugar, water and gin."
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-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English colonialist From colonial + -ist.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪst/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
colonialistic
anticolonialist
decolonialist
neocolonialist
noncolonialist
palaeocolonialist
paleocolonialist
postcolonialist
precolonialist
procolonialist
Phrases
anti-colonialist
de-colonialist
neo-colonialist
non-colonialist
palaeo-colonialist
paleo-colonialist
post-colonialist
pre-colonialist