colonializationn.
/kəˌləʊnɪəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /kəˌloʊnjələˈzeɪʃən/, /kəˌloʊnjəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /kəˌloʊniələˈzeɪʃən/, /kəˌloʊniəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ The policy or practice of subjecting another country to colonial rule (now historical). Later also in extended use: (depreciatively) the domination of one country or region by another through the exercise of political, economic, or cultural control or influence, in a way reminiscent of colonial rule.In quot. 1874, perhaps an error for colonization n.
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1874 Newcastle Courant 13 Feb. 3/4 His lectures..were afterwards developed into a work on Colonialisation.
1958 Liberation (Johannesburg) No. 34 18 Colonialization interrupted the natural course of the history of the African peoples and twisted the process of their ethnic development.
1975 Daily Gaz. (Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois) 30 Oct. 18/1 Southern officials caution that change must come carefully, and with regards to the regional view. The fear here of cultural colonialization is real.
2005 South China Morning Post (Nexis) 23 Mar. 13 Only a few years ago, some still opposed investment as a new form of colonialisation.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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