colonization
noun
the act, on the part of a nation or government, of claiming and forcibly taking control of territory other than its own, usually sending or allowing its own people to settle there.
colonizationist
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a word derived from
colonization.
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a word derived from
colonize.
colonize
Example Sentences
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Finley was in communication with Paul Cuffe, the only practical colonizationist in America.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various
In popular parlance, however, Lincoln is not a colonizationist.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various
The preceding extracts present a faithful picture of colonization principles, though it is not every colonizationist who would avow them with so much simplicity.
From A Visit to the United States in 1841 by Joseph Sturge
He is for no half-measures,—he avows himself a free-soiler, an emancipationist, an abolitionist, a colonizationist.
From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by George Spring Merriam
If I must become a colonizationist, I insist upon being consistent: there must be no disagreement between my creed and practice.
From Thoughts on African Colonization by William Lloyd Garrison
