col·o·ni·za·tion
/ˌkälənəˈzāSHən,ˌkäləˌnīˈzāSHən/
noun
the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
"Africa boasts a tradition of higher education institutions that predate Western colonization"
Colonization
Colonization is a process of establishing control over foreign territories or peoples for the purpose of exploitation and possibly settlement, setting up coloniality and often colonies, commonly pursued and maintained by colonialism. Wikipedia
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May 26, 2024 · The meaning of COLONIZE is to take control of (a people or area) especially as an extension of state power : to claim (someone or something) ...
The earliest known use of the noun colonization is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for colonization is from 1747, in the writing of Samuel Boyse ...
May 6, 2024 · It was marked by extractivism of raw materials, slavery, repressive rule, and the creation of hierarchies based on external characteristics that ...