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Colonization synonyms

kŏl'ə-nĭ-zā'shən

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settlement
(Finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
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conquest
The definition of a conquest is a victory either in love or war.
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group migration
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peopling
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expansion
The act or process of expanding.
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subjugation
The act of subjugating.
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colonialism
The policy or practice of a wealthy or powerful nation's maintaining or extending its control over other countries, especially in establishing settlements or exploiting resources.
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migration
The movement of ions between electrodes during electrolysis.
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pioneering
Activity of pioneering
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establishment
An established social order, as:
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forging a new home
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expansionism
The policy of expanding a nation's territory or its sphere of influence, often at the expense of other nations
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imperialism
The policy and practice of forming and maintaining an empire in seeking to control raw materials and world markets by the conquest of other countries, the establishment of colonies, etc.
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colonizer (related)
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colonisation
Alternative spelling of colonization.
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immigration
The number of immigrants entering a country or region during a specified period
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clearing
An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
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hegemony
(Formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
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founding
The action of the verb to found; the establishment of something.
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recolonisation (related)
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decolonization (related)
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industrialization (related)
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decolonisation (related)
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colonize (related)
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Colonization Sentence Examples

  • The earliest explorations and attempts at colonization of Florida by Europeans were made by the Spanish.

  • They projected a scheme of conquest and colonization upon a large scale.

  • Probably it was extended as far as Beneventum not long after the colonization of this town in 268 B.e., and it seems to have reached Venusia before 190 B.C. Horace, in the journey to Brundusium described in Sat.

  • The Romans entered into the heritage of the Carthaginians and the vassal kings of Numidia, and Punic speech and civilization The gave way to Latin, a change which from the time Province of of Caesar was helped on by Italian colonization; to "Africa."

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