Colonialism

//kəˈləʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm//

Synonyms for "colonialism" (97 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Strong matches (29)

Related words (48)

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is a

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related to

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Translations

105 translations across 79 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • kolonialisme noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Albanian

1 entries
  • kolonializëm noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Arabic

1 entries
  • اِسْتَعْمَارِيَّة noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Armenian

1 entries
  • գաղութատիրություն noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ঔপনিৱেশিকতাবাদ noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • kolonializm noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • müstəmləkəçilik noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • каланіялі́зм noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • каляніялі́зм noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Bengali

1 entries
  • উপনিবেশবাদ noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • колониали́зъм noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကိုလိုနီဝါဒ noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Catalan

1 entries
  • colonialisme noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Cebuano

3 entries
  • kolonyalismo noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • kolonyalismo noun (colonial linguistic expression)
  • kolonyalismo noun (colonial life)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • chitsamunda noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 殖民主義 /殖民主义 noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 殖民主義 /殖民主义 noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 殖民主義 /殖民主义 noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Czech

1 entries
  • kolonialismus noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Danish

1 entries
  • kolonialisme noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kolonialisme noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • koloniismo noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kolonialism noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kolonialismi noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

French

1 entries
  • colonialisme noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Galician

1 entries
  • colonialismo noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კოლონიალიზმი noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

German

1 entries
  • Kolonialismus noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Greek

2 entries
  • αποικιοκρατία noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • αποικισμός noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • nunasiaqarneq noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קוֹלוֹנְיָאלִיזְם noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Hindi

1 entries
  • उपनिवेशवाद noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • gyarmatosítás noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • kolonializmus noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • nýlendustefna noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kolonialisme noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • اِسْتِعْمار noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • اِسْتِعْمارْگَری noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Irish

1 entries
  • coilíneachas noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Italian

1 entries
  • colonialismo noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 植民地主義 noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • отаршылдық noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អាណានិគមនិយម noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Korean

1 entries
  • 식민주의 noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • колониализм noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Lao

1 entries
  • ລັດທິອານານິຄົມ noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Latvian

1 entries
  • koloniālisms noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kolonializmas noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • колонијали́зам noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Malay

1 entries
  • kolonialisme noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • колоничлол noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • kolonyalîzm noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kolonialisme noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kolonialisme noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଉପନିବେଶବାଦ noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Pashto

2 entries
  • استعمار noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • کلونياليزم noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Polish

1 entries
  • kolonializm noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • colonialismo noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਉਪਨਿਵੇਸ਼ਵਾਦ noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • ਬਸਤੀਵਾਦ noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Romanian

1 entries
  • colonialism noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Russian

1 entries
  • колониали́зм noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kolonijalìzam noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • колонијалѝзам noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • culunialismu noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Slovak

1 entries
  • kolonializmus noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kolonializem noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Spanish

1 entries
  • colonialismo noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Swahili

4 entries
  • beberu noun (colonial linguistic expression)
  • beberu noun (colonial life)
  • beberu class V noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • ukoloni class XI noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kolonialism noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • buhay-koloniya noun (colonial life)
  • koloniya noun (colonial life)
  • koloniyalisasyon noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • koloniyalisasyon noun (colonial linguistic expression)

Tajik

2 entries
  • истеъморгарӣ noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • мустамликадорӣ noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Tamil

1 entries
  • குடியேற்றவியம் noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Tatar

1 entries
  • колониализм noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Telugu

1 entries
  • వలసవాదం noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Thai

1 entries
  • ลัทธิอาณานิคม noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Turkish

4 entries
  • kolonicilik noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • kolonyalizm noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • müstemlekecilik noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • sömürgecilik noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • kolonializm noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • колоніалі́зм noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Urdu

2 entries
  • اِسْتِعْمار noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • اِسْتِعْمارِیَت noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • مۇستەملىكىچىلىك noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • kolonializm noun (policy of authority over people or territories)
  • mustamlakachilik noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chủ nghĩa thực dân noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gwladychiaeth noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קאָלאָניאַליזם noun (policy of authority over people or territories)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations.

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Many have suffered oppression and misery for a long period of time under the rule of colonialism.

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Many have long suffered oppression and hardship under colonialism.

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It's ironic that one of the most colonialist countries of all times accuses Buenos Aires of colonialism!

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