colonialism

Definition

The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.

Etymology

From colonial + -ism.

Example Sentences

• "Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone."
• "It was the racist, settler colonialism that created whiteness, that created blackness, half-caste, quarter-caste, octoroon, that saw mixed-race people as a third race."
• "Although the settlement seems so far to have made but slow progress, there are many things which show that, to use a colonialism, "the place was going ahead.""