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植民地主義 (しょくみんちしゅぎ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

植しょく民みん地ち主しゅ義ぎ

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Meanings

1

colonialism

Refers to the policy or ideology of acquiring and maintaining colonies, often discussed in historical and political contexts.

植しょく民みん地ち主しゅ義ぎは多おおくの国くにに長ちょう期き的てきな影えい響きょう

を

与あた

え

た

。

Colonialism had a long-term impact on many countries.

彼かれの研けん究きゅうは19世せい紀きの植しょく民みん地ち主しゅ義ぎに焦しょう点てんを当あてている。

His research focuses on 19th-century colonialism.

Kanji

植plant
民people, nation, subjects
地ground, earth
主lord, chief, master
義righteousness, justice, morality

Related words

帝てい国こく主しゅ義ぎ
植民地主義 refers specifically to the practice of establishing and ruling colonies, while 帝国主義 is the broader ideology of expanding a nation's power through any means, including colonization.

Word family

新しん植しょく民みん地ち主しゅ義ぎ
neocolonialism

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Etymology

Compound of 植民地 (colony) + 主義 (doctrine, -ism). The term is a calque from Western political vocabulary.

植しょく民みん地ち

+主しゅ義ぎ