neocolonialadj.n.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)kəˈləʊnɪəl/, U.S. /ˈˌnioʊkəˈloʊnjəl/, /ˈˌnioʊkəˈloʊniəl/ A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by neocolonialism.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > direct rule, devolution, or trusteeship > [adjective] > relating to neocolonialism
neocolonial1951
neocolonialist1961
1951 R. Newcomb in G. M. Jensen Regionalism in Amer. ix. 290 Added to this battle of the [architectural] styles were experiments in Neo-Gothic, Neo-Byzantine, Neo-Colonial, and even Neo-Egyptian.
1958 Amer. Hist. Rev. 63 1024 There were original thinkers among the generation of 1868..who..served as intellectual bridges between the colonial and neocolonial past and the twentieth century.
1961 New Left Rev. July 12/1 One of the effects of EEC is therefore to deepen the split between independent and neo-colonial Africa.
1971 Black Scholar Apr. 9 The black people in the United States..are de facto neocolonial subjects.
1982 S. Naipaul Hot Country iv. 55 The workers and peasants who wish to rid themselves of the last vestiges of neo-colonial dependence.
1991 Amer. Bk. Rev. Apr. 29/2 He had to devise a style that would unmask the rhetoric and demagogy of a corrupt, irresponsible neocolonial elite while articulating at the same time the populist voice.
B. n.
= neocolonialist n. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [noun] > colonialism > neocolonialism > supporter of
neocolonialist1959
neocolonial1967
1967 N.Y. Times 5 July 12 The ‘neocolonials’ (the Belgians) and the ‘imperialists’ (the Americans).
1999 L. Regis Polit. Calypso iv. 86 He belonged to the wretched of the earth, a universal class of dispossessed neocolonials in Asia, Africa and in the Americas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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