colonialization

[kuh-loh-nee-uh-luh-zey-shuhn]

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noun

the act of bringing into subjection or subjugation by colonializing.

the state or fact of being colonialized.

Origin:
1760–70; colonial + -ization

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Colonialization has a plethora of syllables.

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the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

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colonialization

1864 (implied in colonialize); a nonce word.

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