colonialism
noun/kəˈləʊniəlɪzəm/
/kəˈləʊniəlɪzəm/
[uncountable]- the practice by which a powerful country controls another country or other countries
- European colonialism
- The history of tobacco growing is intimately associated with colonialism and slavery.
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