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单词 colonialism
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colonialismnoun [ U ]

uk/kəˈləʊ.ni.ə.lɪ.zəm/us/kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪ.zəm/

the belief in and support for the system of one country controlling another

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Colonisation & self-government

  • annex
  • autonomous
  • autonomy
  • client state
  • colonial
  • decolonization
  • dependency
  • devolution
  • devolve
  • devolve sth to sb
  • Independence Day
  • nationalism
  • nationalist
  • neocolonialism
  • non-aligned
  • self-rule
  • separatism
  • separatist
  • the British Empire
  • the free world

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Examples from literature

  • Ever since World War II the era of colonialism has been on the wane. 
  • That was to me a subject of intense interest, now that I was fully aware of the situation after a hundred and fifty years of exploitation, seventy-five years of French domination, and thirty years of colonialism. 
  • The Democratic party has declared such a policy to be only imperialism and colonialism under another name. 
  • The pioneers had in a measure outgrown the colonialism of the thirteen original commonwealths. 

colonialismnoun [ U ]

/kəˈloʊ·ni·əˌlɪz·əm/

politics & government a policy or system in which a country controls another country or area.

colonialismnoun [ U ]

uk/kəˈləʊniəlɪzəm/usPOLITICS

control by one country over another and its economy, or support for such control:

It took the nation a century to remove the chains of colonialism and achieve independence.
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