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semicolonial

semicolonial adjective: partly colonial; having certain aspects of being colonial.

Adjective

semicolonial (not comparable)

  1. Partly colonial; having certain aspects of being colonial.
    • The Aidit leadership's theory of the Indonesian revolution is based on the assumption that Indonesia is a semicolonial, semifeudal country.1966, Donald Hindley, The Communist Party of Indonesia, 1951-1963, page 32

Origin of semicolonial

From semi- + colonial.

Words formed from semicolonial

Questions about semicolonial

What does semicolonial mean?
Semicolonial means partly colonial; having certain aspects of being colonial.
What part of speech is semicolonial?
Semicolonial is an adjective.

Words near semicolonial in the dictionary

  1. semicolloquial
  2. semicolon
  3. semicolon butterflies
  4. semicolon butterfly
  5. semicoloned
  6. semicolonial
  7. semicolonialism
  8. semicolonialisms
  9. semicolonies
  10. semicolons
  11. semicolony

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