Definition of colonialism in English:

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’

  More example sentences

  • ‘This period has been characterised by a resurgence of imperialist wars and outright colonialism.’
  • ‘The positive case argues that, on the contrary, colonialism played an economically progressive role.’
  • ‘This is the clearest manifestation of resurgent imperialism and colonialism on a world scale.’
  • ‘Cecil Rhodes once said that those who oppose civil war must support colonialism.’
  • ‘He left the Communist Party at a later period when its Stalinist policies meant that he was told not to criticise colonialism.’
  • ‘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.’
  • ‘That doesn't mean, however, that anyone opposing colonialism is on the side of human rights, does it?’
  • ‘Such academic dominance begs questions of intellectual colonialism and the politics of representation.’
  • ‘Another way to come at the statement is through the politics of race and colonialism.’
  • ‘Their fight against and defeat of colonialism brought us political independence.’
  • ‘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.’
  • ‘Sugar is as much bound up with the history of slavery and colonialism as cotton, which this column looked at last week.’
  • ‘In Africa the wars in Angola and Mozambique began as struggles against colonialism.’
  • ‘Many in the global south regard tourism as a new form of colonialism and cultural imperialism.’
  • ‘He said the Falklands issue was not one of colonialism or imperialism.’
  • ‘What, for instance, is the difference, if any, between imperialism and colonialism?’
  • ‘The Cold War was over, colonialism was history, an era of global peace and prosperity seemed imminent.’
  • ‘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.’