Proto-imperialism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Invasive and exploitative practices that anticipated capitalist imperialism. no-plural
"But just as classical Pan-Africanism—that of the twentieth century—can be understood as a reaction to classical European imperialism, so the reaction of early Africans or American Negroes to what could be called proto-imperialism can be described as ‘proto-Pan-Africanism.’¹"
Example
More examples"But just as classical Pan-Africanism—that of the twentieth century—can be understood as a reaction to classical European imperialism, so the reaction of early Africans or American Negroes to what could be called proto-imperialism can be described as ‘proto-Pan-Africanism.’¹"
Etymology
From proto- + imperialism.
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