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neocolonial

neocolonial adjective: of or pertaining to, or based on, neocolonialism.

Adjective

neocolonial (comparative more neocolonial, superlative most neocolonial)

  1. Of or pertaining to, or based on, neocolonialism
    • One of the things that was a sin of ours, and the neocolonial arrangement we tried to produce, was that we had all the answers and they had none.1988 January 29, Michael Miner, “Art of Our Arrogance/Rethinking Vietnam”, in Chicago Reader
    • This is a racist, neocolonial construct.2009 January 18, Haroon Siddiqui, “Obama cannot walk on water but he can disperse dark clouds”, in Toronto Star

neocolonial meaning in Tagalog and Arabic

neocolonial in Tagalog

of or pertaining to, or based on, neocolonialism
bagunsakupin, neokolonyal

neocolonial in Arabic

of or pertaining to, or based on, neocolonialism
نِيوُكُولُونِيالِيّ nīwukūlūniyāliyy

Forms of neocolonial

comparativemore neocolonial
superlativemost neocolonial

Origin of neocolonial

From neo- + colonial.

Words formed from neocolonial

Words that rhyme with neocolonial

Questions about neocolonial

What does neocolonial mean?
Neocolonial means of or pertaining to, or based on, neocolonialism.
What is neocolonial in Tagalog?
Neocolonial in Tagalog is bagunsakupin, neokolonyal. See Neocolonial meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is neocolonial?
Neocolonial is an adjective.

Words near neocolonial in the dictionary

  1. neoclovene
  2. neocohen
  3. neocohens
  4. neocolemanite
  5. neocollagenesis
  6. neocolonial
  7. neocolonialism
  8. neocolonialisms
  9. neocolonialist
  10. neocolonialistic
  11. neocolonialistically

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