单词 | neocolonialism |
释义 | neocolonialism[ nee-oh-kuh-loh-nee-uh-liz-uhm ] / ˌni oʊ kəˈloʊ ni əˌlɪz əm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR neocolonialism ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe policy of a strong nation in seeking political and economic hegemony over an independent nation or extended geographical area without necessarily reducing the subordinate nation or area to the legal status of a colony. Origin of neocolonialismFirst recorded in 1960–65; neo- + colonialism OTHER WORDS FROM neocolonialismne·o·co·lo·ni·al, ne·o·co·lo·ni·al·ist, noun, adjectiveWords nearby neocolonialismneocerebellum, neo-Christianity, neoclassic, neoclassical, neoclassicism, neocolonialism, neocon, neo-Confucian, neo-Confucianist, neoconservatism, neocortex Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for neocolonialism
British Dictionary definitions for neocolonialismneocolonialism / (ˌniːəʊkəˈləʊnɪəˌlɪzəm) / noun(in the modern world) political control by an outside power of a country that is in theory sovereign and independent, esp through the domination of its economy Derived forms of neocolonialismneocolonial, adjectiveneocolonialist, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for neocolonialismneocolonialism The dominance of strong nations over weak nations, not by direct political control (as in traditional colonialism), but by economic and cultural influence. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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