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Catalan
Etymology
From colonial + -isme.
Pronunciation
Noun
colonialisme m (plural colonialismes)
- colonialism
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French
Etymology
From colonial + -isme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.lɔ.nja.lism/ ~ /kɔ.lɔ.nja.lizm/
Noun
colonialisme m (plural colonialismes)
- colonialism (the policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance)
2002 [1961], Frantz Fanon, “De la Violence”, in Les Damnés de la Terre, page 98; translated as “On Violence”, in Richard Philcox, transl., The Wretched of the Earth, translation of original in French, 2004, page 57:Le colonialisme et l’impérialisme ne sont pas quittes avec nous quand ils ont retiré de nos territoires leurs drapeaux et leurs forces de police.- Colonialism and imperialism have not settled their debt to us once they have withdrawn their flag and their police force from our territories.
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