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Synonyms for colonization
col·o·niza·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
colonization, colonisation, settlementnoun
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
"the British colonization of America"
Synonyms:
village, closure, settlement, small town, resolution, liquidation, colonisation, colony
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List of paraphrases for "colonization":
colonisation, settlement, colonialism, decolonization, colonizing, colonial
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1488 | resolution | |
#1933 | village | |
#4075 | settlement | |
#7169 | closure | |
#7506 | colonial | |
#9598 | colony | |
#17647 | liquidation | |
#27588 | colonization | |
#30330 | colonialism | |
#65030 | colonisation | |
#89422 | colonizing | |
#100329 | decolonization |
How to use colonization in a sentence?
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault:
John Kerry cannot come on May 30. It's postponed, it will take place, it will take place in the course of the summer, this initiative is necessary because if nothing happens, if there is no strong French initiative, then colonization, attacks, terrorist attacks and several conflicts are going to continue.
This is ideological colonization. They colonize people with ideas that try to change mentalities or structures, but this is not new. This was done by the dictatorships of the last century.
The Jews has been in that area of the world since about 1200 B.C., way before the first Muslim or Arab walked the earth. ... I mean, Jerusalem was their capital. So if it's who got there first, it's not even close, the Jews were the ones who were occupied by everybody ; the Romans took over at some point and then the Persians and the Byzantines and then the Ottomans. So yes, there was colonization going on there. Beginning in the 19th century, they started to return to Palestine, which was never an Arab country. There was never a country called Palestine that was a distinct Arab country.
The climate crisis really emerged from interlocking systems of capitalism, resource extraction, racism, patriarchy and colonization, it’s beyond past time to end the tragic cycle of endless economic growth based on sacrificed peoples and sacrificed lands.
It’s very uncomfortable for all of us, but it does at least focus us on our past, on colonization, on what our society is, on what we might want it to be, and how we, particularly on this day, see and understand and recognize the experiences of First Nations people.
Translations for colonization
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- الاستعمارArabic
- каланізацыяBelarusian
- колонизацияBulgarian
- colonitzacióCatalan, Valencian
- kolonizaceCzech
- Kolonialisierung, Kolonisation, BesiedlungGerman
- αποικισμόςGreek
- koloniigoEsperanto
- colonizaciónSpanish
- koloniseerimineEstonian
- استعمارPersian
- kolonisaatioFinnish
- colonisationFrench
- बसानाHindi
- gyarmatosításHungarian
- գաղութացումArmenian
- kolonisasiIndonesian
- 植民地化Japanese
- კოლონიზაციაGeorgian
- 식민지화Korean
- coloniam deductamLatin
- kolonizacijaLithuanian
- kolonizācijaLatvian
- whakakoronitangaMāori
- колонизацијаMacedonian
- kolonisatieDutch
- kolonizacjaPolish
- colonizaçãoPortuguese
- колонизация, заселениеRussian
- колонизација, kolonizacijaSerbo-Croatian
- kolonizáciaSlovak
- kolonizacijaSlovene
- kolonisering, kolonisationSwedish
- колонізаціяUkrainian
- استعمارUrdu
- chiếm làm thuộc địa, di dânVietnamese
- 殖民化Chinese
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