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.
pre-colonization
-
a word derived from
colonization.
Example Sentences
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The first episode, “Echoes of Empires,” highlights Indigenous communities pre-colonization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
There’s evidence to suggest there were broader understandings about gender and sexuality among cultures pre-colonization, Hille said.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2024
“I’m starting to see that in so many cookbooks, going back to pre-colonization in Filipino food, in Brazilian, in just so many different cultures,” she says.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2022
“A lot of what we’re seeing in Missouri is second-growth,” which has little resemblance to the native forests that existed pre-colonization and provided multiple uses.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 24, 2022
It would be difficult enough to finish the pre-colonization survey in the allotted time under the best of circumstances, and this was hardly what could be called a smooth beginning.
From The Unprotected Species by Melvin Sturgis
