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colonization

  • noun
  • /kɔlənɪˈzɛjʃən/

The process of establishing a colony.

Other meanings

  1. The process of colonizing or taking over.

Synonyms

  • settlement

Related words

  • biocolonization
  • colonizational
  • dyscolonization
  • endocolonization
  • pseudocolonization
  • decolonization
  • Cocacolonization
  • recolonization
  • colonizationist
  • colonizationism
  • cocolonization
  • anticolonization

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “colonization” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.