Associations to the word «Colonialism»

Wiktionary

COLONIALISM, noun. The colonial domination policy. A colonial system.
COLONIALISM, noun. A colonial word, phrase, concept, or habit.
COLONIALISM, noun. Colonial life.

Dictionary definition

COLONIALISM, noun. Exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats