"colonialism" meaning in English

See colonialism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kəˈləʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəˈləʊ.ni.ə.lɪ.zəm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəˈloʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm/ [General-American], /kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪ.zəm/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-colonialism.ogg Forms: colonialisms [plural]
Etymology: From colonial + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|colonial|ism}} colonial + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} colonialism (countable and uncountable, plural colonialisms)
  1. The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Imperialism Translations (policy of authority over people or territories): kolonializëm [masculine] (Albanian), اِسْتَعْمَارِيَّة (istaʕmāriyya) [feminine] (Arabic), գաղութատիրություն (gaġutʻatirutʻyun) (Armenian), müstəmləkəçilik (Azerbaijani), kolonializm (Azerbaijani), каланіялі́зм (kalanijalízm) [masculine] (Belarusian), колониали́зъм (kolonialízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကိုလိုနီဝါဒ (kuiluiniwada.) (Burmese), colonialisme [masculine] (Catalan), kolonyalismo (Cebuano), 殖民主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 殖民主义 (zhímínzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), kolonialismus [masculine] (Czech), kolonialisme [common-gender] (Danish), kolonialisme [neuter] (Dutch), koloniismo (Esperanto), kolonialism (Estonian), kolonialismi (Finnish), colonialisme [masculine] (French), colonialismo [masculine] (Galician), კოლონიალიზმი (ḳolonializmi) (Georgian), Kolonialismus [masculine] (German), αποικιοκρατία (apoikiokratía) [feminine] (Greek), αποικισμός (apoikismós) [masculine] (Greek), nunasiaqarneq (Greenlandic), קוֹלוֹנְיָאלִיזְם (kolonyalízm) [masculine] (Hebrew), उपनिवेशवाद (upniveśvād) [masculine] (Hindi), gyarmatosítás (Hungarian), kolonializmus (Hungarian), nýlendustefna [feminine] (Icelandic), kolonialisme (Indonesian), coilíneachas (Irish), colonialismo [masculine] (Italian), 植民地主義 (shokuminchishugi) (alt: しょくみんちしゅぎ) (Japanese), отаршылдық (otarşyldyq) (Kazakh), អាណានិគមនិយម (ʼaanaanikumniyum) (Khmer), 식민주의 (singminjuui) (alt: 植民主義) (Korean), колониализм (kolonializm) (Kyrgyz), ລັດທິອານານິຄົມ (lat thi ʼā nā ni khom) (Lao), koloniālisms [masculine] (Latvian), kolonializmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), колонијали́зам (kolonijalízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), kolonialisme (Malay), колоничлол (koloničlol) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), kolonialisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kolonialisme [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), استعمار (este'mâr) (Persian), استعمارگری (este'mârgari) (Persian), kolonializm [masculine] (Polish), colonialismo [masculine] (Portuguese), ਉਪਨਿਵੇਸ਼ਵਾਦ (upaniveśvād) (Punjabi), ਬਸਤੀਵਾਦ (bastīvād) [masculine] (Punjabi), colonialism [neuter] (Romanian), колониали́зм (kolonialízm) [masculine] (Russian), колонијалѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kolonijalìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), culunialismu (Sicilian), kolonializmus [masculine] (Slovak), kolonializem [masculine] (Slovene), colonialismo [masculine] (Spanish), ukoloni (Swahili), beberu (Swahili), kolonialism [common-gender] (Swedish), koloniyalisasyon (Tagalog), koloniyalismo (Tagalog), мустамликадори (mustamlikador-i) (Tajik), колониализм (qolonializm) (Tatar), ลัทธิอาณานิคม (lát-tí-aa-naa-ní-kom) (Thai), sömürgecilik (Turkish), kolonicilik (Turkish), kolonyalizm (Turkish), müstemlekecilik (Turkish), kolonializm (Turkmen), колоніалі́зм (kolonialízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), mustamlakachilik (Uzbek), kolonializm (Uzbek), chủ nghĩa thực dân (alt: 主義殖民) (Vietnamese), gwladychiaeth [feminine] (Welsh), קאָלאָניאַליזם (kolonyalizm) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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  2. (by extension, derogatory) Any form of foreign influence seen as undesirable. Tags: broadly, countable, derogatory, uncountable
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  3. A colonial word, phrase, concept, or habit. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (colonial linguistic expression): kolonyalismo (Cebuano), beberu (Swahili), koloniyalisasyon (Tagalog), koloniyalismo (Tagalog)
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  4. Colonial life. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (colonial life): kolonyalismo (Cebuano), beberu (Swahili), koloniya (Tagalog), buhay-koloniya (Tagalog), koloniyalisasyon (Tagalog), koloniyalismo (Tagalog)
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
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          "word": "müstəmləkəçilik"
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          "roman": "kuiluiniwada.",
          "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
          "word": "ကိုလိုနီဝါဒ"
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          "code": "it",
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          "word": "отаршылдық"
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          "word": "식민주의"
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          "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
          "word": "ລັດທິອານານິຄົມ"
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          "_dis1": "85 7 5 3",
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          "word": "ਬਸਤੀਵਾਦ"
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "colonialism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolonialízm",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "колониали́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "колонијалѝзам"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonijalìzam"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "culunialismu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonializmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonializem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colonialismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "ukoloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "beberu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kolonialism"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "koloniyalisasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "koloniyalismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "mustamlikador-i",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "мустамликадори"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "qolonializm",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "колониализм"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lát-tí-aa-naa-ní-kom",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "ลัทธิอาณานิคม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "sömürgecilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "kolonicilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "kolonyalizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "müstemlekecilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "kolonializm"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kolonialízm",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "колоніалі́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "mustamlakachilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "kolonializm"
    },
    {
      "alt": "主義殖民",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "word": "chủ nghĩa thực dân"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwladychiaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kolonyalizm",
      "sense": "policy of authority over people or territories",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קאָלאָניאַליזם"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "colonial linguistic expression",
      "word": "kolonyalismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "colonial linguistic expression",
      "word": "beberu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "colonial linguistic expression",
      "word": "koloniyalisasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "colonial linguistic expression",
      "word": "koloniyalismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "colonial life",
      "word": "kolonyalismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "colonial life",
      "word": "beberu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "colonial life",
      "word": "koloniya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "colonial life",
      "word": "buhay-koloniya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "colonial life",
      "word": "koloniyalisasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "colonial life",
      "word": "koloniyalismo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "colonialism"
}

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