Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The policy or practice of a wealthy or powerful nation in extending its influence into a less developed one, especially in exploiting that nation's resources.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures. In contrast to
colonialism , in which one country controls another territory by military force.
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- noun The
control ordomination by apowerful country overweaker ones (especially formercolonies ) by the use ofeconomic pressure ,political suppression andcultural dominance .
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- noun control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures
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Examples
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When I use the term neocolonialism, it is to express a form of exploitation that is different from that of direct occupation and exploitation of countries.
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Now then, we do not use the term neocolonialism to avoid the term imperialism.
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When I use the term neocolonialism, it is to express a form of exploitation that is different from that of direct occupation and exploitation of countries.
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Now then, we do not use the term neocolonialism to avoid the term imperialism.
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I have wondered, upon hearing you on various occasions: Why is the term neocolonialism used instead of the term imperialism in the speeches I read as an economics student?
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I have wondered, upon hearing you on various occasions: Why is the term neocolonialism used instead of the term imperialism in the speeches I read as an economics student?
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When I use the word neocolonialism, I am referring to the situation in the Third World and the current system of exploitation, both of which are part of imperialism.
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When I use the word neocolonialism, I am referring to the situation in the Third World and the current system of exploitation, both of which are part of imperialism.
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This dependence is called neocolonialism, a term defined by the African statesman Kwame Nkrumah (1909 -- 72) in his book Neocolonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism.
How Obama Thinks 2010
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This dependence is called neocolonialism, a term defined by the African statesman Kwame Nkrumah (1909 -- 72) in his book Neocolonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism.
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