On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Colonialism. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as exploitation or victimization and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Colonialism in a sentence
Colonialism meaning
- The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.
- Any form of foreign influence seen as undesirable.
- A colonial word, phrase, concept, or habit.
Synonyms of Colonialism
Using Colonialism
- The main meaning on this page is: The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance. | Any form of foreign influence seen as undesirable. | A colonial word, phrase, concept, or habit.
- Useful related words include: exploitation, victimization, victimisation, using.
- In the example corpus, colonialism often appears in combinations such as: of colonialism, colonialism and, and colonialism.
Context around Colonialism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Colonialism
- In this selection, "colonialism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, british, settler, european, supporters, christianity and marxism stand out and add context to how "colonialism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after post colonialism the western and and british colonialism in india. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "colonialism" sits close to words such as agile, bismarck and brunt, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with colonialism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hochschild insists on calling the EIC an example of “colonialism”, stretching the term beyond its meaning. (16 words)
Marxist view of colonialism Marxism views colonialism as a form of capitalism, enforcing exploitation and social change. (17 words)
However, such a view focused on individuals, albeit one with considerable power, obscures the systemic nature of settler colonialism. (19 words)
Because actually there is a myth that Africans know their culture, but a lot has been demonized because of colonialism, and there’s a lot that’s misunderstood because of the structures of colonialism — Christianity, Islam, etc. — that followed. (39 words)
Surprising, commentators who are apologist to British colonialism are usually the one die hard Israeli colonialism supporters, pro Trump, anti Trudeau, so-called anti-wokes, white supremacist, etc. it really comes as a package. (34 words)
Characterization as colonialism or ethnic cleansing Zionism has been characterized as colonialism, and Zionism has been criticized for promoting unfair confiscation of land, involving the expulsion of, and causing violence towards, the Palestinians. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
It is impossible to extricate Hitler’s mission from the long project of European colonialism, or the particular expression it found in U.S. settler-colonialism.
Immerwahr, who studies the history of colonialism and empire, drew connections between Kovner’s talk and British colonialism in India.
Surprising, commentators who are apologist to British colonialism are usually the one die hard Israeli colonialism supporters, pro Trump, anti Trudeau, so-called anti-wokes, white supremacist, etc. it really comes as a package.
A hero, in the Zimbabwean context, is defined by his/her contribution to the fight against colonialism and neo-colonialism.
Because actually there is a myth that Africans know their culture, but a lot has been demonized because of colonialism, and there’s a lot that’s misunderstood because of the structures of colonialism — Christianity, Islam, etc. — that followed.
Modern colonialism is in many ways no less abusive than historic colonialism, as it advances the same goals of extinguishing Indianness and exploiting native lands.
Characterization as colonialism or ethnic cleansing Zionism has been characterized as colonialism, and Zionism has been criticized for promoting unfair confiscation of land, involving the expulsion of, and causing violence towards, the Palestinians.
Colonialism is seen to be the architect deciding how to start dominating areas and then imperialism can be seen as creating the idea behind conquest cooperating with colonialism.
During the rise of colonialism and after; post colonialism, the Western powers perspectives of the East as the "other," different and separate from the societal norm.
Marxist view of colonialism Marxism views colonialism as a form of capitalism, enforcing exploitation and social change.
Camp's comics explore human nature, the horrors of war, and the impact of colonialism while pushing the boundaries of the comic medium.
Colonialism is also patriarchal: the colonial world may be a place of freedom and adventure, but only for some (white males?).
Each short story explores colonialism and its impact as women experience the on-going tensions between identity and the place they long to call home.
He hailed efforts by Tehran and Harare to develop their relations, saying that the two nations share commonalities such as fighting colonialism.
He viewed the omission as a legacy of colonialism that still infects Canadian culture and ignores Indigenous voices in the country’s storytelling.
Hochschild insists on calling the EIC an example of “colonialism”, stretching the term beyond its meaning.
However, in recent years they have sparred repeatedly over immigrationhow each country memorializes colonialism and the brutal war that resulted in Algeria’s independence in 1962.
However, such a view focused on individuals, albeit one with considerable power, obscures the systemic nature of settler colonialism.
If the truth of the church role in colonialism is not acknowledged fully and in a straightforward manner, it will be hard to move forward … but we have to try and work together.
In addition, the Queen Consort will not wear the controversial Koh-i-Noor diamond, following a warning from India that it would bring back 'painful memories' of British colonialism.
Common combinations with colonialism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of colonialism 50×
- colonialism and 34×
- and colonialism 17×
- colonialism in 16×
- colonialism is 13×
- british colonialism 11×
- settler colonialism 10×
- from colonialism 10×
- colonialism or 7×
- colonialism as 5×