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self-colonization

self-colonization noun: the act or process of self-colonizing.

Noun

self-colonization (plural self-colonizations)

  1. The act or process of self-colonizing.
    • They are simply doing what was done to them before: diligent self-colonization. This commerce and trade ideals tap into the vast potential of these countries' rampant and streamlined corruption systems.2014, Jo M. Sekimonyo, Tara Casimir, Cast Away: For These Reasons: Economic Jihad, →ISBN, page 122
    • As Gyula Ha/y's report demonstrated, the imitation of an imperial enterprise was expected to result in the restoration of imperial ambitions, even though only on a limited, symbolic level. According to this logic, the more devoted a country is to cultural self-colonization, the more likely it is to...2015, Postcolonial Europe? Essays on Post-Communist Literatures and Cultures, →ISBN

Examples of self-colonization in a sentence

  • According to this logic, the more devoted a country is to cultural self-colonization, the more likely it is to gain advantage over its rivals and dominate on a local scale.2015, Postcolonial Europe? Essays on Post-Communist Literatures and Cultures, →ISBN:
  • In general, though, we can say that internal colonization, or self-colonization, quite often makes the imperial people the victims as much as the beneficiaries of the colonial enterprise.2017, Krishan Kumar, Visions of Empire: How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World, →ISBN:

Forms of self-colonization

pluralself-colonizations

Questions about self-colonization

What does self-colonization mean?
Self-colonization means the act or process of self-colonizing.
How do you use self-colonization in a sentence?
According to this logic, the more devoted a country is to cultural self-colonization, the more likely it is to gain advantage over its rivals and dominate on a local scale.
What part of speech is self-colonization?
Self-colonization is a noun.
What is the plural of self-colonization?
The plural of self-colonization is self-colonizations.

Words near self-colonization in the dictionary

  1. self-colonisations
  2. self-colonise
  3. self-colonised
  4. self-colonises
  5. self-colonising
  6. self-colonization
  7. self-colonizations
  8. self-colonize
  9. self-colonized
  10. self-colonizes
  11. self-colonizing

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