'Colonialism' definitions:
Definition of 'colonialism'
(from WordNet)
noun
Exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country
Definition of 'Colonialism'
From: GCIDE
- Colonialism \Co*lo"ni*al*ism\, n.
- 1. The state or quality of, or the relationship involved in, being colonial.
- The last tie of colonialism which bound us to the mother country is broken. --Brander Matthews. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. A custom, idea, feature of government, or the like, characteristic of a colony. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. The colonial system of political government or extension of territory, by which one nation exerts political control over another nation, territory, or people, maintaining the colony in a state of dependence, its inhabitants not having the same full rights as those of the colonial power. The controlling power is typically extended thus by military force or the threat of force. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
- 4. the political or ideological system of beliefs advocating or justifying colonial control of one nation over another nation, territory, or people. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'colonialism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute monarchy,
- appeasement,
- aristocracy,
- autarchy,
- autocracy,
- autonomy,
- balance of power,
- brinkmanship,
- coalition government,
- coexistence,
- commonwealth,
- compromise,
- constitutional government,
- constitutional monarchy,
- containment,
- democracy,
- detente,
- deterrence,
- dictatorship,
- diplomacy,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatics,
- dollar diplomacy,
- dollar imperialism,
- dominion rule,
- duarchy,
- duumvirate,
- dyarchy,
- Eisenhower Doctrine,
- expansionism,
- federal government,
- federation,
- feudal system,
- foreign affairs,
- foreign policy,
- garrison state,
- gerontocracy,
- good-neighbor policy,
- heteronomy,
- hierarchy,
- hierocracy,
- home rule,
- imperialism,
- internationalism,
- isolationism,
- limited monarchy,
- manifest destiny,
- martial law,
- meritocracy,
- militarism,
- military government,
- mob rule,
- mobocracy,
- monarchy,
- Monroe Doctrine,
- nationalism,
- neocolonialism,
- neutralism,
- Nixon Doctrine,
- nonresistance,
- ochlocracy,
- oligarchy,
- open door,
- open-door policy,
- pantisocracy,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- peace offensive,
- peaceful coexistence,
- police state,
- preparedness,
- pure democracy,
- regency,
- representative democracy,
- representative government,
- republic,
- self-determination,
- self-government,
- shirt-sleeve diplomacy,
- shuttle diplomacy,
- social democracy,
- spheres of influence,
- stratocracy,
- technocracy,
- the big stick,
- thearchy,
- theocracy,
- totalitarian government,
- totalitarian regime,
- tough policy,
- triarchy,
- triumvirate,
- Truman Doctrine,
- tyranny,
- welfare state,
- world politics
Words containing 'Colonialism'
- Colonial,
- Colonie,
- Colonies,
- Colony,
- The Colony,
- Colonial Beach,
- Colonial Heights,
- Colonial Park,
- Colonie, NY,
- Colony counter,
- Colony, AL,
- Colony, KS,
- Colony, OK,
- Crown colony,
- Iowa Colony,
- The Colony, TX,
- cape colony,
- old colony,
- penal colony,
- plymouth colony,
- proprietary colony,
- Colonial Beach, VA,
- Colonial Heights city,
- Colonial Heights, TN,
- Colonial Heights, VA,
- Colonial Park, PA,
- Colonial Pine Hills,
- Iowa Colony, TX,
- Jupiter Inlet Colony,
- Key Colony Beach,
- massachusetts bay colony,
- Colonial Heights city, VA,
- Colonial Pine Hills, SD,
- Jupiter Inlet Colony, FL,
- Key Colony Beach, FL