How do you use the word "colonialism" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "colonialism" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "colonialism": Many have long suffered oppression and hardship under colonialism. The scramble for Africa was the last wave of colonialism.

Colonialism Meaning

/kəˈləʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.

nounThe seizure of geographical area to extract its natural resources or exploit the labor of the indigenous peoples to remotely benefit a distant country.

Sentence Examples

Many have long suffered oppression and hardship under colonialism.

The scramble for Africa was the last wave of colonialism.

CEFR Practice Quiz

Many historians study the lasting effects of ____ on former colonies today.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The era of ____ had a lasting cultural impact on many African nations.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English colonialism From colonial + -ism.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone." — 2008 June 1, A. Dirk Moses, “Preface”, in Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation, and Subaltern Resistance in World History, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page x:

"It was the racist, settler colonialism that created whiteness, that created blackness, half-caste, quarter-caste, octoroon, that saw mixed-race people as a third race." — 2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021:

"Although the settlement seems so far to have made but slow progress, there are many things which show that, to use a colonialism, "the place was going ahead."" — 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 239:

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