Neo-colony
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A country, especially a former colony, controlled or dominated by another country, by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.
"Cuba was the last of the independent Latin American countries to throw off the Spanish yoke and the first to become a full-fledged neo-colony of the United States."
Example
More examples"Cuba was the last of the independent Latin American countries to throw off the Spanish yoke and the first to become a full-fledged neo-colony of the United States."
Etymology
From neo- + colony.
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