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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

उपनिवेशवाद

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Upaniveshvad

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Colonialism/kəˈləʊ.ni.ə.lɪz.əm/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उपनिवेशवाद ने कई देशों की संस्कृति को प्रभावित किया।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

    "The effects of colonialism are still evident in many former colonies today."
  2. 2

    A system of governance in which a country rules over a foreign territory and its people.

    "Colonialism often led to significant cultural and social changes in the colonized regions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'colōnus' meaning farmer or colonist, via French and English derivation in the late 19th century. The term evolved to describe the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over other countries, occupying them with settlers, and exploiting them economically.

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