colonialism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: colonialism	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for colonialism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colonialism n exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Colonialism \Colo"nialism\, n. 1. The state or quality of, or the relationship involved in, being colonial. The last tie of colonialism* which bound us to the mother country is broken. --Brander Matthews. 2. A custom, idea, feature of government, or the like, characteristic of a colony. 3. The colonial system or policy in political government or extension of territory.