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colonialization

colonialization noun: bringing into subjection or subjugation, and implies the subjugation or pacification of a people, and taking of a pre-populated land.

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 colonialization

pluralcolonializations

Origin of colonialization

From colonial + -ization.

Words formed from colonialization

Words that rhyme with colonialization

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Questions about colonialization

What does colonialization mean?
Colonialization means bringing into subjection or subjugation, and implies the subjugation or pacification of a people, and taking of a pre-populated land.
What part of speech is colonialization?
Colonialization is a noun.
What is the plural of colonialization?
The plural of colonialization is colonializations.

Words near colonialization in the dictionary

  1. colonialistic
  2. colonialistically
  3. colonialists
  4. colonialities
  5. coloniality
  6. colonialization
  7. colonializations
  8. colonialize
  9. colonialized
  10. colonializes
  11. colonializing

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