Definition of Colonialism. Meaning of Colonialism. Synonyms of Colonialism

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Definition of Colonialism

Colonialism
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.

Meaning of Colonialism from wikipedia

- Colonialism is the control over and exploitation of natural resources and people by a foreign group. Colonizers monopolize political power and treat conquered...
- Settler colonialism is a logic and structure of displacement by settlers, using colonial rule, over an environment for replacing it and its indigenous...
- academic study of the cultural, political and economic consequences of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the impact of human control and exploitation...
- Toxic colonialism, or toxic waste colonialism, refers to the practice of exporting hazardous waste from developed countries to underdeveloped ones for...
- time. Ancient and medieval colonialism was practiced by the Phoenicians, Gr****s, Romans, Han Chinese, and Arabs. Colonialism in the modern sense began...
- Neocolonialism is also discussed in the works of Western thinkers such as Sartre (Colonialism and Neocolonialism, 1964) and Noam Chomsky (The Washington Connection...
- Christianity and colonialism are ****ociated with each other by some due to the service of Christianity, in its various denominations (namely Protestantism...
- Zionism has been described by several scholars as a form of settler colonialism in relation to the region of Palestine and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict...
- Settler colonialism in Australia concerns the application of settler colonial studies to the British colonisation of Australia. Academics within settler...
- the Soviet Union. In principle, both nations were opposed to European colonialism. In practice, American anti-communism prevailed over anti-imperialism...