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We all know the Indians were colonized by the Europeans, but every colonized Indian has been colonized by the Indian reaction to colonization.
Sherman Alexie

Meaning of "colonization" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLONIZATION

colonization  [ˌkɒlənaɪˈzeɪʃ ən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLONIZATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Colonization is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COLONIZATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Colonization

Colonization occurs whenever any one or more species populate an area. The term, which is derived from the Latin colere, "to inhabit, cultivate, frequent practice, tend, guard, respect", originally referred to humans. During the 19th century, biogeographers appropriated the term to also describe the activities of birds, bacteria, or plant species. Human colonization is a narrower category than the related concept of colonialism. Colonization refers strictly to migration, for example, to settler colonies, trading posts, and plantations, while colonialism deals with this, along with ruling the existing indigenous peoples of styled "new territories".

Definition of colonization in the English dictionary

The definition of colonization in the dictionary is the action or process of setting up colonies. Other definition of colonization is the action or process of setting up colonies of animals or plants.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLONIZATION


acclimatization
əˌklaɪmətaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
Americanisation
əˌmɛrɪkənaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
categorisation
ˌkætɪɡəraɪˈzeɪʃ ən
centralisation
ˌsɛntrəlaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
collectivization
kəˌlɛktɪvaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
colonisation
ˌkɒlənaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
colorization
ˌkʌləraɪˈzeɪʃ ən
commercialization
kəˌmɜːʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
decentralization
diːˌsɛntrəlaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
decolonization
ˌdiːkɒlənaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
decolorization
diːˌkʌləraɪˈzeɪʃ ən
decriminalization
ˌdiːkrɪmɪnəlaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
democratisation
dɪˌmɒkrətaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
democratization
dɪˌmɒkrətaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
demoralization
dɪˌmɒrəlaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
denationalization
diːˌnæʃ ənəlaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
denaturalization
diːˌnætʃ ərəlaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
destabilisation
diːˌsteɪb əlaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
formalisation
ˌfɔːməlaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
formalization
ˌfɔːməlaɪˈzeɪʃ ən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLONIZATION

colonialist
colonialistic
colonialize
colonially
colonialness
colonic
colonic irrigation
Colonies
colonisable
colonisation
colonisationist
colonise
coloniser
colonist
colonitis
colonizable
colonizationist
colonize
colonized
colonizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLONIZATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of colonization in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «colonization» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLONIZATION

Find out the translation of colonization to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of colonization from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «colonization» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

定植
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

colonización
570 millions of speakers

English

colonization
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उपनिवेशन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاستعمار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колонизация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colonização
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপনিবেশ স্থাপন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

colonisation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjajahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kolonisation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

植民地化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

식민지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kolonialisasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thực dân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குடியேற்றத்தின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वसाहतवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kolonizasyonu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colonizzazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kolonizacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

колонізація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

colonizare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποικισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kolonisasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kolonisering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kolonisering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of colonization

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLONIZATION»

The term «colonization» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.529 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLONIZATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «colonization» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «colonization» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about colonization

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10 QUOTES WITH «COLONIZATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word colonization.
1
Mustafa Akyol
In the 19th century, when Muslims were looking at Europe as an example, they were independent; they were more self-confident. In the early 20th century, with the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the whole Middle East was colonized. And when you have colonization, what do you have? You have anti-colonization.
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Sherman Alexie
We all know the Indians were colonized by the Europeans, but every colonized Indian has been colonized by the Indian reaction to colonization.
3
Albert Bushnell Hart
In any event, colonization and the grant of lands were provincial matters.
4
Theodor Herzl
Philanthropic colonization is a failure. National colonization will succeed.
5
Ferdinand Marcos
Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
6
Slobodan Milosevic
The loss of national identity is the greatest defeat a nation can know, and it is inevitable under the contemporary form of colonization.
7
Barney Oliver
If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.
8
John Prendergast
Africa is going through its own historical process of state formation just as Europe and America did. It is just happening much later than other continents because of the interruption of Africa's own historical development by the colonization of Africa by Europe.
9
Nawal El Saadawi
I've participated in many demonstrations since I was a child. When I was at medical college, I was fighting King Farouk, then British colonization, against Nasser, against Sadat who pushed me into prison, Mubarak who pushed me into exile. I never stopped.
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Gustav Stresemann
Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLONIZATION»

Discover the use of colonization in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to colonization and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Colonization: A Global History
The first comprehensive synthesis and analysis of colonialism from its origins to the present. Using a non-Eurocentric approach, Ferro compares all the European colonial powers, as well as Arab, Turk and Japanese colonialism.
Marc Ferro, 2005
2
Colonization Or Globalization?: Postcolonial Explorations of ...
The essays in this volume present new scholarship on imperial expansion through colonization and globalization from a variety of postcolonial perspectives. Most of the articles are grounded in literary works.
Silvia Nagy, Chantal J. Zabus, 2010
3
Colonization and Its Discontents: Emancipation, Emigration, ...
In Colonization and Its Discontents, Tomek brings a much-needed examination of the complexity of the colonization movement by describing in depth the difference between those who supported colonization for political and social reasons and ...
Beverly C. Tomek, 2011
4
The Darker Side of the Renaissance: Literacy, ...
An exploration of the role of the book, the map, and the European concept of literacy in the conquest of the New World
Walter Mignolo, 2003
5
American Colonization Society: An Avenue to Freedom?
This work explores the Society's organization, purpose, growth, and the various factors that led to its ultimate failure.
Allan E. Yarema, 2006
6
Prospero and Caliban: The Psychology of Colonization
A classic in psychological ethnography and the history of colonialism
Octave Mannoni, 1990
7
Collected Papers on Greek Colonization
This book contains all the papers on Greek Colonization published by A. J. Graham over the last forty years. In addition, it includes one new paper, not previously published, entitled 'Thasian Controversies'.
A. J. Graham, 2001
8
De-Coca-colonization: Making the Globe from the Inside Out
Steven Flusty argues that, in studying the phenomenon, we have to move away from top-down visions of the processes at work and concentrate on how ordinary people who are by and large locked out of the power structure create other ...
Steven Flusty, 2004
9
Go-betweens and the Colonization of Brazil: 1500–1600
Metcalf's convincing demonstration that colonization is always mediated by third parties has relevance far beyond the Brazilian case, even as it opens a revealing new window on the first century of Brazilian history.
Alida C. Metcalf, 2005
10
Rothschild and Early Jewish Colonization in Palestine
This book looks at the role played by Baron Edmond de Rothschild through his many agents in the Jewish settlement movement and places the endeavour in a global perspective by comparing it to the phenomenon of colonization throughout the ...
Ran Aharonson, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLONIZATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term colonization is used in the context of the following news items.
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The BDS movement is not anti-Semitic
... boycott, divestment and sanctions moves against its colonization and subjugation of Palestinians, it probably means we should pay attention, ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
2
How Geography Shaped Societies, From Neanderthals to iPhones
... which focuses on Navajo speakers as a metric of cultural retention following European colonization. The messy relationship between history ... «Smithsonian, Jul 15»
3
Govt restores power to SDMs to take on land sharks
... fresh ongoing illegal construction, colonization and encroachment. "The STF under SDM will have on board officials of the Delhi Police, DDA, ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
4
Benjamin Markovits's Obama Novel
Besides Marny, the friends include an ex-girlfriend, Beatrice, who turns out to be writing a novel of her own about the colonization of Detroit, ... «Vulture, Jul 15»
5
Nature's call of colitis: Patient and the parasite
Amoebiasis is caused by the ingestion and colonization in large numbers of the parasite, entamoeba histolytica, in the gut. It is unfortunate but ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Open Letter From Indigenous Women Scholars Regarding …
Rather, our concerns are about the profound need for transparency and responsibility in light of the traumatic histories of colonization, slavery, ... «Indian Country Today Media Network, Jul 15»
7
The X-Files Revival News: First Footage, New Characters and More
"I've thought about that," he says referring to the colonization date. "I don't know exactly how I'm going to address it, in a big way, a mild way, ... «Den of Geek!, Jul 15»
8
28 Chinese Cavort Amid the Treasures of the Asian Art Museum
Colonization of another kind is tackled in an entire room devoted to He Xiangyu's Cola Project. The exhibit documents the yearlong process of ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
9
Israel and Palestine: Not So Separate, Deeply Unequal
The militant settlers may not represent a majority of Israeli opinion, but the steady colonization of Palestinian lands by Israel's unrelenting ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
10
Totem poles add welcoming spirit to Saanich Peninsula Hospital
Citing colonization, alcoholism and residential schools, Carr said: “We actually have to own that. A lot of their health status is a result of what ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»

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