Meaning of COLONIALISM
| Pronunciation: | | ku'lowneeu`lizum
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| | Definition: | | [n] 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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| | See Also: | | exploitation, neocolonialism, using, victimisation, victimization | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute monarchy, appeasement, aristocracy, autarchy, autocracy, autonomy, balance of power, brinkmanship, coalition government, coexistence, commonwealth, compromise, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, containment, democracy, detente, deterrence, dictatorship, diplomacy, diplomatic, diplomatics, dollar diplomacy, dollar imperialism, dominion rule, duarchy, duumvirate, dyarchy, Eisenhower Doctrine, expansionism, federal government, federation, feudal system, foreign affairs, foreign policy, garrison state, gerontocracy, good-neighbor policy, heteronomy, hierarchy, hierocracy, home rule, imperialism, internationalism, isolationism, limited monarchy, manifest destiny, martial law, meritocracy, militarism, military government, mob rule, mobocracy, monarchy, Monroe Doctrine, nationalism, neocolonialism, neutralism, Nixon Doctrine, nonresistance, ochlocracy, oligarchy, open door, open-door policy, pantisocracy, patriarchate, patriarchy, peace offensive, peaceful coexistence, police state, preparedness, pure democracy, regency, representative democracy, representative government, republic, self-determination, self-government, shirt-sleeve diplomacy, shuttle diplomacy, social democracy, spheres of influence, stratocracy, technocracy, the big stick, thearchy, theocracy, totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, tough policy, triarchy, triumvirate, Truman Doctrine, tyranny, welfare state, world politics |
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