NEOCOLONIALISM

neocolonialism

(noun) control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

neocolonialism (countable and uncountable, plural neocolonialisms)

The control or domination by a powerful country over weaker ones (especially former colonies) by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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