mission sacré

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French [Term?].

Noun

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mission sacré

  1. civilizing mission: a political rationale for military intervention and for colonization purporting to facilitate dissemination "Western" civilization to what they perceived as heathen, primitive cultures.

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