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Colonialism   /kəlˈoʊniəlˌɪzəm/   Listen
Colonialism

noun
1.
Exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country.



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neocolonialism


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"Colonialism" Quotes from Famous Books



... whole, which is much simpler and more direct than might have been expected. Moreover, the thought is the really important thing. We see plainly that the speaker belongs to the new era and the new generation of national measures and nationally-minded men. There is no colonialism about him. He is in full sympathy with the Washingtonian policy of independence in our foreign relations and of complete separation from the affairs of Europe. But the main theme and the moving spirit of this oration are most ...
— Daniel Webster • Henry Cabot Lodge


Words linked to "Colonialism" :   victimization, neocolonialism, using, exploitation, victimisation, colonialist


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