单词 | colonialism |
释义 | colonialism (once / 10563 pages) n Colonialism has to do with one country exploiting another country by making it into a colony. Which is usually good for the mother country and bad for the colony. Colonialism is a system in which one country creates an empire by taking over other lands and making them into colonies. Colonies don't have power over themselves, and the mother country takes resources and money from the colony. It's not a very fair system, but it's also how the United States got its start: England was really into colonialism and had built a huge empire, until some feisty American patriots decided to rebel. WORD FAMILYcolonialism: colonialisms, colonialist, neocolonialism+/colonial: colonialism, colonially, colonials/colonialist: colonialists/colonisation: colonisations, decolonisation/colonise: colonisation, colonised, coloniser, colonises, colonising, decolonise/coloniser: colonisers/colonist: colonists/colonization: colonizations/colonize: colonization, colonized, colonizer, colonizes, colonizing, decolonize/colonizer: colonizers/colony: colonial, colonies, colonise, colonist, colonize/decolonize: decolonization, decolonized, decolonizing USAGE EXAMPLESWhile the West African country is overwhelmingly Muslim, some Malians converted to Christianity during colonialism when the country was ruled by predominantly Catholic France. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) While most German cities commemorate the victims of the Nazi period, there are no significant monuments to the victims of German colonialism. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) The English language, carried by colonialism and capitalism, is all over the place. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) n exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country Hypo|Hyper neocolonialism control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures exploitation, using, victimisation, victimization an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) |
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