neocolonial

English

Etymology

neo- + colonial

Adjective

neocolonial (comparative more neocolonial, superlative most neocolonial)

  1. (geopolitics) Of or pertaining to, or based on, neocolonialism
    • 1988, January 29, “Michael Miner”, in Art of Our Arrogance/Rethinking Vietnam:
      One of the things that was a sin of ours, and the neocolonial arrangement we tried to produce, was that we had all the answers and they had none.
    • 2009, January 18, “Haroon Siddiqui”, in Obama cannot walk on water but he can disperse dark clouds:
      This is a racist, neocolonial construct.

Translations


Portuguese

Adjective

neocolonial m, f (plural neocoloniais, comparable)

  1. (geopolitics) neocolonial (of or pertaining to, or based on, neocolonialism)

Spanish

Adjective

neocolonial (plural neocoloniales)

  1. neocolonial
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