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neocolonialists

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  • noun Plural form of neocolonialist.

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Examples

  • In fact China, well known for its interests in minerals and oil, appears to be one of the more modest "neocolonialists" of African agriculture.

    Peak Oil News 2009

  • Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since its independence from Britain nearly three decades ago, called Western nations "neocolonialists" who can "never be our friends."

    unknown title 2009

  • Of course, as far as the junta is concerned, "neocolonialists" were out to destroy the reputation of the nice world they had created for the Burmese people in which normal behavior is agreeing with everything said or done by the junta.

    Political Grind Network 2009

  • For 50 years the national identity has depended on isolation from perceived enemies - from plotting neocolonialists in the West, from greedy multinational companies, even from those intrepid Indians who resisted the official creed of self-sufficiency.

    A New Tiger 2008

  • Ndoutingai accused France of acting like "neocolonialists."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • These industrialized countries, the looters, the rich, the colonialists of yesteryear, the looters of today, neocolonialists, as we could call them, -- these have money.

    3RD CONGRESS OF FEU 1987

  • The revolutionaries exist precisely due to historical social and economic problems: the poverty, misery and exploitation caused for centuries by the colonialists, the neocolonialists and imperialism.

    CASTRO FAR DAY SPEECH CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY 1982

  • Latin America, considered by the colonialist, neocolonialists and imperialists powers as part of their backyard, have begun the struggle for true freedom -- a long struggle not free from difficulties, but at the end the people will be the victors.

    TOUR OF ALGIERS 1972

  • There must be awareness and a mobilisation to put an end to capitalism and clear away invaders, neocolonialists and imperialists ...

    The Guardian World News 2011

  • The enemies of the people are neocolonialists and imperialists.

    The Guardian World News 2011

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