colonialisme

Catalan

Etymology

From colonial +‎ -isme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.lu.ni.əˈliz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.lo.ni.əˈliz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.lo.ni.aˈliz.me]
• Rhymes: -izme

Noun

colonialisme m (plural colonialismes)

1. colonialism

Related terms

• colonialista

Further reading

• “colonialisme” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “colonialisme”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “colonialisme” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Etymology

From colonial +‎ -isme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɔ.nja.lism/ ~ /kɔ.lɔ.nja.lizm/

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Noun

colonialisme m (plural colonialismes)

1. colonialism (the policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance)
   • 2002 [1961], Frantz Fanon, “De la Violence”, in Les Damnés de la Terre, page 98; translated as “On Violence”, in Richard Philcox, transl., The Wretched of the Earth, translation of original in French, 2004, page 57:

     Le colonialisme et l’impérialisme ne sont pas quittes avec nous quand ils ont retiré de nos territoires leurs drapeaux et leurs forces de police.

     Colonialism and imperialism have not settled their debt to us once they have withdrawn their flag and their police force from our territories.

Related terms

• colonie
• colonialiste

Further reading

• “colonialisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.