Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

settler colonialism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: set-tler -colo-nial-ism
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of colonialism in which colonizers seek to displace indigenous populations from their land in order to establish permanent settlements of their own.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does settler colonialism mean?: A form of colonialism in which colonizers seek to displace indigenous populations from their land in order to establish permanent settlements of their own.

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