'Colonization' definitions:
Definition of 'colonization'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America" [syn: colonization, colonisation, settlement]
Definition of 'Colonization'
From: GCIDE
- Colonization \Col`o*ni*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. colonisation.] The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies. [1913 Webster]
- The wide continent of America invited colonization. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'colonization'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absentee voting,
- adoption,
- anchorage,
- appropriation,
- arrogation,
- assumption,
- ballot-box stuffing,
- card voting,
- conquest,
- cumulative system,
- cumulative voting,
- election fraud,
- empeoplement,
- enslavement,
- establishment,
- fixation,
- floating,
- foundation,
- Hare system,
- inauguration,
- indent,
- inhabiting,
- initiation,
- installation,
- installment,
- investiture,
- list system,
- lodgment,
- mooring,
- occupation,
- peoplement,
- peopling,
- plantation,
- plural system,
- population,
- PR,
- preemption,
- preferential system,
- preferential voting,
- preoccupation,
- prepossession,
- proportional representation,
- proxy voting,
- repeating,
- requisition,
- settlement,
- settling,
- single system,
- single transferrable vote,
- single-member district,
- subjugation,
- takeover,
- taking over,
- usurpation,
- vote,
- voting,
- voting machine