colonialism

n. policy of a nation seeking to extend it's authority over other peoples or territories, territorial expansion through the establishment of colonies

See colony and colonization for examples of colonialism which do not refer to Western colonialism. Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory beyond its borders by the establishment of either settler colonies or administrative dependencies in which indigenous populations are directly ruled or displaced. Colonising nations generally dominate the resources, labor, and markets of the colonial territory, and may also impose socio-cultural, religious and linguistic structures on the conquered population (see also cultural imperialism). It is essentially a system of direct political, economic and cultural intervention by a powerful country in a weaker one. Though the word colonialism is often used interchangeably with imperialism, the latter is sometimes used more broadly as it covers control exercised informally (via influence) as well as formal military control or economic leverage.
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Noun
1. exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country
(hypernym) exploitation, victimization, victimisation, using
(hyponym) neocolonialism

colonialism

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