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self-colonizing

self-colonizing is the present participle and gerund of self-colonize.

Meaning of self-colonize

Verb

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

  1. To regain power (by indigenous people) after having been under colonial rule by another country, typically with the adoption of some of the culture of the former colonizers.
    • Nazi-era Schlager are thus reappropriated as part of the FRG after 1989 and help to self-colonize the previously alien(ated) nation of Germany for the Germans.2010, Susan G. Figge, Jenifer K. Ward, Reworking the German Past, →ISBN
  2. To be introduced into an ecosystem through natural processes, as opposed to deliberate introduction by people.
    • Cordgrass will be planted, not left to self-colonize.2001, Bolsa Chica Lowlands Restoration Project: Environmental Impact Statement

Questions about self-colonizing

What is self-colonizing the present participle and gerund of?
Self-colonizing is the present participle and gerund of self-colonize.

Words near self-colonizing in the dictionary

  1. self-colonization
  2. self-colonizations
  3. self-colonize
  4. self-colonized
  5. self-colonizes
  6. self-colonizing
  7. self-coloured
  8. self-command
  9. self-commutator
  10. self-commutators
  11. self-compassion

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