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English
Etymology
From neo- + colonial.
Adjective
neocolonial (comparative more neocolonial, superlative most neocolonial)
- (geopolitics) Of or pertaining to, or based on, neocolonialism
1988 January 29, Michael Miner, “Art of Our Arrogance/Rethinking Vietnam”, in Chicago Reader:One of the things that was a sin of ours, and the neocolonial arrangement we tried to produce, was that we had all the answers and they had none.
2009 January 18, Haroon Siddiqui, “Obama cannot walk on water but he can disperse dark clouds”, in Toronto Star:This is a racist, neocolonial construct.
Translations
of or pertaining to, or based on, neocolonialism
Portuguese
Adjective
neocolonial m or f (plural neocoloniais)
- (geopolitics) neocolonial (of or relating to, or based on, neocolonialism)
Spanish
Adjective
neocolonial m or f (masculine and feminine plural neocoloniales)
- neocolonial