Antonyms for colonialism
kəˈloʊ ni əˌlɪz əmcolo·nial·ism

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1. • Exploitation

Princeton's WordNet

1. colonialismnoun

   exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country

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1. isolation

   colonialism is the process of merging two cultures by breaking down traditions through cultural concessions to trade norms usually set by the militarily superior culture.

   china resisted english colonialism through isolationism until military losses during the opium wars forced the colonization of macau and hong kong.

   Submitted by rinat on June 18, 2017  

How to use colonialism in a sentence?

1. Friederike Otto:

   I think it's absolutely justified to say,' We need, finally, some real commitment to addressing loss and damage from climate change, a lot of what leads to disaster is related to existing vulnerabilities and not to human-caused climate change. But of course, the Global North plays a very large role in that as well, because a lot of these vulnerabilities are from colonialism and so on. So there is a... very huge responsibility for the Global North to finally do something real and not just talk.

2. Giuliani Giuliani:

   I thought that was a joke, since (Obama) was brought up by a white mother, a white grandfather, went to white schools, this isn't racism. This is socialism or possibly anti-colonialism.

3. The University of Oregon:

   The paper is simply impossible to read with a straight face. It employs liberal buzzwords -- colonialism, marginalization, masculinist discourses, etc. -- with such frequency that the entire thing comes off like a joke.

4. Sheila Babauta:

   As the first stewards of the land and ocean, our traditional knowledge can guide the way, all together we hold the keys to solving the issues of militarization, climate change and climate colonialism. We are not passive victims. I am here to amplify the voices of those who live on the frontlines.

5. Thum Ping Tjin:

   Singapore continues to be governed using the same values, institutions and assumptions that underpinned British colonialism so the government can not reject or repudiate colonialism without also criticizing its own values, institutions and methods of governance.

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