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单词 colonialist
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colonialistn.adj.

Brit. /kəˈləʊnɪəlɪst/, U.S. /kəˈloʊnjələst/, /kəˈloʊniələst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: colonial adj., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < colonial adj. + -ist suffix, after colonialism n.With use as adjective compare earlier colonialistic adj.
A. n.
A person who supports the practice of gaining political control over other countries and occupying them with settlers; an adherent of a colonial system. Also: a colonial settler; a resident of a colony.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > direct rule, devolution, or trusteeship > [noun] > colonial system > one who supports
colonialist1795
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [noun] > colonialism > supporter of
colonialist1795
1795 in Courier & Evening Gaz. 16 May The arrival of reinforcement..affords, at this time, a pleasing and almost certain prospect of speedy relief to our neighbouring colonialists of Grenada and St. Vincent.
1813 Examiner 18 Jan. 34/2 The English are quarrelling with their cousins-german of the United States for not continuing to conduct themselves like submissive colonialists, long after they have declared them an independant [sic] people.
1900 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 47 The Colonialists are satisfied that..Germany has founded an Asiatic dominion worthy of the Empire.
1959 ‘M. Derby’ Tigress ii. 85 ‘And you were —— ?’ ‘A colonialist, Madam. I exploited these unhappy natives to make a fortune for myself... We colonialists thought only of private gain.’
2003 E. Powell tr. S. Jamal Arabian Flavours 188 It was at the beginning of the twentieth century, when he made his first contact with the English colonialists.
B. adj.
Characteristic of or involving the practice of gaining political control over other countries and occupying them with settlers; of or relating to colonialists or colonialism. Also: characteristic of or involving cultural colonialism.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [adjective] > relating to colonialism
colonial1766
colonializing1902
colonialistic1905
colonialist1930
1930 Amer. Hist. Rev. 35 619 The author sets forth the colonialist, imperialist, and nationalist viewpoints.
1955 Wall St. Jrnl. 30 Dec. 1/3 The Communist Party Boss: Again accused the West of colonialist aims.
1958 Manch. Guardian Weekly 12 June 8/3 Mr. Bandaranaike's Government uses methods which it would denounce as ‘colonialist’ if they were employed by others.
2002 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 20 Dec. 22 That the Other can be viewed as supine female sexuality inscribed within the ongoing narrative of colonialist discourse is a strategy of domination.
2008 Caribbean Rev. Bks. Aug. 22/2 King Jaja of Opodo (in modern Nigeria)..was exiled by the British for his resistance to colonialist expansion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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