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co⋅lo⋅ni⋅al⋅ism

[kuh-loh-nee-uh-liz-uhm]
–noun
1. the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people.
2. the system or policy by which a nation maintains or advocates such control or influence.
3. the state or condition of being colonial.
4. an idea, custom, or practice peculiar to a colony.

Origin:
1850–55; colonial + -ism


co⋅lo⋅ni⋅al⋅ist, noun, adjective
co⋅lo⋅ni⋅al⋅is⋅tic, adjective
co·lo·ni·al·ism   (kə-lō'nē-ə-lĭz'əm)   
n.  A policy by which a nation maintains or extends its control over foreign dependencies.
co·lo'ni·al·ist n.

Colonialism

Co*lo"ni*al*ism\, n. 1. The state or quality of, or the relationship involved in, being colonial.

The last tie of colonialism which bound us to the mother country is broken. --Brander Matthews.

2. A custom, idea, feature of government, or the like, characteristic of a colony.

3. The colonial system or policy in political government or extension of territory.

colonialism

The control of one nation by “transplanted” people of another nation — often a geographically distant nation that has a different culture and dominant racial or ethnic group. (See ethnicity.)

Note: A classic example of colonialism is the control of India by Britain from the eighteenth century to 1947.
Note: Control that is economic and cultural, rather than political, is often called neocolonialism.
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