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neocolonize

neocolonize is the alternative spelling of neo-colonize.

Meaning of neo-colonize

Verb

neo-colonize (third-person singular simple present neo-colonizes, present participle neo-colonizing, simple past and past participle neo-colonized)

  1. (transitive) To convert into a neo-colony.
    • Africans need not continue to fear what they see and interpret as hidden American intentions to neo-colonize and further exploit their continent, directly or through proxies, lackeys, and ploys.2009 July 13, Dr. Kofi J. Roberts, The Sargasso Bridge: America Speaks, Africa Answers, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 85

Forms of neocolonize

third-person singular presentneocolonizes
present participleneocolonizing
past participleneocolonized
pastneocolonized

Questions about neocolonize

What is neocolonize the alternative spelling of?
Neocolonize is the alternative spelling of neo-colonize.

Words near neocolonize in the dictionary

  1. neocolonisation
  2. neocolonise
  3. neocolonist
  4. neocolonists
  5. neocolonization
  6. neocolonize
  7. neocolonized
  8. neocolonizes
  9. neocolonizing
  10. neocolony
  11. Neocomian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neocolonize (page history and authors); neo-colonize (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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