colonial experience

British  

noun

1. history experience of farming, etc, gained by a young Englishman in colonial Australia

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• colonial experiencer
  noun

Example Sentences

“Younger generations of scholars especially view Sovietization as an inherently colonial experience on par with Europe’s colonization of Africa and Asia.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Diop has again exposed a neglected corner of the French colonial experience, expanding the country’s literary conversation at a time of heated debate over national identity and culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023

Timothy Kalyegira, a political analyst in Uganda, said there is a lingering “spiritual connection” in some African countries, from the colonial experience to the Commonwealth.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2022

He settled on Sri Lanka by deduction, mainly wanting a culture that was disconnected from the French colonial experience.

From Washington Times • May 6, 2016

“The whole colonial experience of trying to solve a related series of 'Indian problems’ had much to do with giving the colonists an identity indissolubly linked to America,” he wrote.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann