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单词 colonialism
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Definition of colonialism in English:

colonialism

noun kəˈləʊnɪəlɪz(ə)mkəˈloʊniəˌlɪzəm
mass noun
  • The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

    the state apparatus that was dominant under colonialism
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many in the global south regard tourism as a new form of colonialism and cultural imperialism.
    • The war to secure the control of oil and gas resources in Central Asia ushered in a new era of colonialism.
    • In any case, both groups were against Japanese colonialism and embraced Chinese nationalism.
    • Since the end of colonialism, we have acquired decades of evidence of what works and what fails in the third world.
    • The most important factor that constrained the development of vast tracts of the planet was colonialism.
    • That doesn't mean, however, that anyone opposing colonialism is on the side of human rights, does it?
    • The Cold War was over, colonialism was history, an era of global peace and prosperity seemed imminent.
    • To have the leader of a great economic power admit that he has a debt and a duty to the losers of globalisation and colonialism is a massive step forward.
    • Another way to come at the statement is through the politics of race and colonialism.
    • He left the Communist Party at a later period when its Stalinist policies meant that he was told not to criticise colonialism.
    • He said the Falklands issue was not one of colonialism or imperialism.
    • This period has been characterised by a resurgence of imperialist wars and outright colonialism.
    • Their fight against and defeat of colonialism brought us political independence.
    • What, for instance, is the difference, if any, between imperialism and colonialism?
    • In Africa the wars in Angola and Mozambique began as struggles against colonialism.
    • This is the clearest manifestation of resurgent imperialism and colonialism on a world scale.
    • The positive case argues that, on the contrary, colonialism played an economically progressive role.
    • Such academic dominance begs questions of intellectual colonialism and the politics of representation.
    • Sugar is as much bound up with the history of slavery and colonialism as cotton, which this column looked at last week.
    • Cecil Rhodes once said that those who oppose civil war must support colonialism.
 
 

Definition of colonialism in US English:

colonialism

nounkəˈloʊniəˌlɪzəmkəˈlōnēəˌlizəm
  • The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

    the state apparatus that was dominant under colonialism
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To have the leader of a great economic power admit that he has a debt and a duty to the losers of globalisation and colonialism is a massive step forward.
    • He left the Communist Party at a later period when its Stalinist policies meant that he was told not to criticise colonialism.
    • This period has been characterised by a resurgence of imperialist wars and outright colonialism.
    • Many in the global south regard tourism as a new form of colonialism and cultural imperialism.
    • Sugar is as much bound up with the history of slavery and colonialism as cotton, which this column looked at last week.
    • He said the Falklands issue was not one of colonialism or imperialism.
    • Cecil Rhodes once said that those who oppose civil war must support colonialism.
    • Such academic dominance begs questions of intellectual colonialism and the politics of representation.
    • Their fight against and defeat of colonialism brought us political independence.
    • This is the clearest manifestation of resurgent imperialism and colonialism on a world scale.
    • Since the end of colonialism, we have acquired decades of evidence of what works and what fails in the third world.
    • The war to secure the control of oil and gas resources in Central Asia ushered in a new era of colonialism.
    • In any case, both groups were against Japanese colonialism and embraced Chinese nationalism.
    • The most important factor that constrained the development of vast tracts of the planet was colonialism.
    • The positive case argues that, on the contrary, colonialism played an economically progressive role.
    • That doesn't mean, however, that anyone opposing colonialism is on the side of human rights, does it?
    • The Cold War was over, colonialism was history, an era of global peace and prosperity seemed imminent.
    • What, for instance, is the difference, if any, between imperialism and colonialism?
    • Another way to come at the statement is through the politics of race and colonialism.
    • In Africa the wars in Angola and Mozambique began as struggles against colonialism.
 
 
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