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cultural imperialism

Cultural  
  1. The imposition of a foreign viewpoint or civilization on a people.


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A master of plotting and characterization, French uses the tropes of the detective novel to explore greater themes of class and cultural imperialism.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

And her dialogue calls attention to, among other things, colorism, queerness and the cultural imperialism of New Orleans tourism.

From New York Times • May 4, 2023

Titled after a Lt Col Kilgore quip in Apocalypse Now, there’s an element of the doo-wop era to this sweet song about, well, cultural imperialism.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2020

Her criteria included the following: exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism and violence.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2017

They are chary of another period of "shock therapy" and of creeping cultural imperialism.

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Vaknin, Samuel

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