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co·lo·ni·al·ism

/kəˈlōnēəˌliz(ə)m/

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- 1. the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically: "the state apparatus that was dominant under colonialism"
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