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The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance. / A colonial word, phrase, concept, or habit.

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colonialism

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colonialism

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kəˈləʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm/

Noun

countable uncountable

The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance. / A colonial word, phrase, concept, or habit.

Japanese Meaning

植民地主義：国家が他国や他民族に対し、主に経済的支配を目指して権力を拡大・維持する政策。 / 植民地的な言葉、フレーズ、概念、または習慣：植民地主義に関連した表現や行動パターンを指す用法。

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歴史家たちは、ある国が経済的優位を目的として他の人々や領土に対する権威を拡大または維持しようとする政策が、地域社会の福祉よりも資源の搾取を優先し、遠方の帝国の利益に奉仕するように地域経済を再編したと主張している。

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Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone.

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A colonial word, phrase, concept, or habit.

Although the settlement seems so far to have made but slow progress, there are many things which show that, to use a colonialism, "the place was going ahead."

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Colonial life.

colonialisms

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