Definition of Colonialism

the instance of one country dominating another territory and its citizens

Examples of Colonialism in a sentence

England’s colonialism of the new world was brought to an end by the American revolution.  🔊

When European nations started controlling African territories through colonialism, they erased many parts of the native culture.  🔊

Think of colonialism as an unhealthy relationship between a child and an absent parent who tries to exert control from a distance.  🔊

In the early 1600s, many nations began to use colonialism as a means of establishing a presence on other continents.  🔊

Colonialism gave large nations a way to steal the resources of smaller countries.  🔊

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