neocolonial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

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"One of the things that was a sin of ours, and the neocolonial arrangement we tried to produce, was that we had all the answers and they had none."
"This is a racist, neocolonial construct."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- 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 English neocolonial From neo- + colonial.

more neocolonial (comparative) most neocolonial (superlative)

neocolonialistic neocolonialize

colonial ceremonial testimonial matrimonial baronial patrimonial coronial unceremonial

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