Pseudocolonialism

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something which resembles or appears to be colonialism (in various senses), but is really not. uncountable

    "However, it does not make sense to talk of blacks, who make up 85 percent of the population of South Africa, as a majority, because given the pseudocolonialism of apartheid (the legal segregation of the races), blacks have no power at all."

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"However, it does not make sense to talk of blacks, who make up 85 percent of the population of South Africa, as a majority, because given the pseudocolonialism of apartheid (the legal segregation of the races), blacks have no power at all."

Etymology

From pseudo- + colonialism.

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