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pseudocolonization

noun

Etymology

From pseudo- + colonization.

  1. derived from *kʷel-✻
  2. derived from colōnia
  3. inherited from colane
  4. suffixed as colonize — “colony + ize”
  5. suffixed as colonization — “colonize + ation”
  6. prefixed as pseudocolonization — “pseudo + colonization”

Definitions

  1. Something which resembles or appears to be colonization (in various senses), but is…

    Something which resembles or appears to be colonization (in various senses), but is really not.

    • She [Gloria Anzaldúa] notes that "North Americans call this return to the homeland the silent invasion," but she begins with the pseudocolonization of Mexico by the United States: […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pseudocolonization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA