Biocolonial
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to biocolonization, pertaining to or involving colonizing peoples by making them reliant on the colonizer's (bio)medical or (bioengineered) agricultural resources.
"Today the logic of this level of biocolonial war is, strictly speaking, not war at all, but rather the establishment of a naturalized, permanent link between "developed nations" and a Western health-care paradigm based on costly prescription drugs."
Example
More examples"Today the logic of this level of biocolonial war is, strictly speaking, not war at all, but rather the establishment of a naturalized, permanent link between "developed nations" and a Western health-care paradigm based on costly prescription drugs."
Etymology
From bio- + colonial.
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