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colonialism

[kuh-loh-nee-uh-liz-uhm] / kəˈloʊ ni əˌlɪz əm /
NOUN
manifest destiny
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Colonialism, as the play depicts, never dies but merely changes forms.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

And a Hall of Colonialism to explore not just the culpability of particular nations but also the enduring reconfiguration of the world map and economy, with so much lingering misery and discord.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023

Colonialism is a practice in which one group of people attempts to establish control over another, usually for purposes of economic exploitation.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

"Colonialism yoked us together. We just need to speak with one voice."

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2021

In Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge's interesting and stimulant volume called Studies in History there is no essay more interesting or more stimulating than that on "Colonialism in the United States."

From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Matthews, Brander




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