French word

colonialiste

Pronunciation

IPA/kolonjalist/

Meaning

  • noun (m./f.)colonialist

Example

C'est un colonialiste.

He is a colonialist.

Illustration for colonialiste (colonialist)

More examples

Je n'aime pas les colonialistes.

I don't like colonialists.

Core concept

A person who treats another land and its people as instruments of a state's power and wealth.

Similar words

impérialiste: Someone who aims to extend national influence and control over other countries.
colonisateur: Someone who establishes a colony in another country or region and rules its people.
envahisseur: Someone who invades foreign territory by force to occupy it.

Definition in French

Personne qui soutient ou met en œuvre l'expansion et le contrôle d'un territoire et de sa population par un autre État, au profit politique ou économique de celui-ci.

Word origin

French colonialiste combines colonial, from colonie and ultimately Latin colonia, with -iste, a suffix for a person associated with a doctrine or practice.

Usage tips

  • As a noun, colonialiste has the same form for masculine and feminine: un colonialiste and une colonialiste.

Opposites

  • anticolonialisteanticolonialistnoun

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