Definitions
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- noun A second or renewed colonization.
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- noun The act of
recolonizing ; a second or subsequentcolonization .
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Examples
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For equally obvious reasons, it is not called recolonization in the West either, or not outside a few nostalgic newspapers in London and Paris.
African Gothic Hitchens, Christopher 1994
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For obvious reasons, it's not called recolonization, out loud, in Africa itself.
African Gothic Hitchens, Christopher 1994
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However, between 1946 and 1954, Vietnamese nationalists under Ho Chi Minh resisted recolonization and fought to expel the French.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Lincoln had some very specific ideas about slavery but far fetched recolonization schemes were not acceptable, even to freed slaves.
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Abraham Lincoln, during the war, offered a lukewarm, underfunded plan of compensated emancipation and recolonization to South America, Africa and other venues.
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However, between 1946 and 1954, Vietnamese nationalists under Ho Chi Minh resisted recolonization and fought to expel the French.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Alex Perry, Time Magazine's Africa bureau chief, wrote a highly offensive and inaccurate piece essentially calling for the recolonization of the Congo by China.
Ben Cohen: Time Magazine Reporter Goes Mental Over Congo Piece 2010
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I go to use military bases as initial recolonization centers.
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That suggests a resilience that bodes well for recolonization after the mining operation moves on, too, though only for vents on tectonically active sites such as that where the eruption occurred.
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Alex Perry, Time Magazine's Africa bureau chief, wrote a highly offensive and inaccurate piece essentially calling for the recolonization of the Congo by China.
Ben Cohen: Time Magazine Reporter Goes Mental Over Congo Piece 2010
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