Colonyhood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being a colony. uncountable

    "Though it was now sovereign, the country still felt the after-effects of colonyhood."

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"Though it was now sovereign, the country still felt the after-effects of colonyhood."

Etymology

From colony + -hood.

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