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colonialisation

colonialisation is the alternative spelling of colonialization.

Meaning of colonialization

Noun

colonialization (countable and uncountable, plural colonializations)

  1. Bringing into subjection or subjugation, and implies the subjugation or pacification of a people, and taking of a pre-populated land.

Forms of colonialisation

pluralcolonialisations

Questions about colonialisation

What is colonialisation the alternative spelling of?
Colonialisation is the alternative spelling of colonialization.

Words near colonialisation in the dictionary

  1. colonial goose
  2. colonial lag
  3. Colonial Revival
  4. Colonial Revivals
  5. colonial salmon
  6. colonialisation
  7. colonialisations
  8. colonialise
  9. colonialised
  10. colonialises
  11. colonialising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: colonialisation (page history and authors); colonialization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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