neocolonialism

Noun

Meaning

control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures

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Synonyms

federation commonwealth development compromise autonomy nationalism aristocracy colonization diplomacy dictatorship imperialism containment coexistence appeasement colonialism

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Antonyms

kingdom warfare democracy dictatorship despotism iron fist

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Hypernyms

colonialism

Examples

As long as imperialism exists it will, by definition, exert its domination over other countries. Today that domination is called neocolonialism. Che Guevara

Close letter words and terms

neocohen neocollagenesis neocolonial neocolonialist neocolonialistic neocolonialistically