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neocolonialism

[nee-oh-kuh-loh-nee-uh-liz-uhm] / ˌni oʊ kəˈloʊ ni əˌlɪz əm /
NOUN
manifest destiny
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Aid became a bastion of paternalism or, as some came to see it, neocolonialism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

For this maneuver to succeed, however, the end of French neocolonialism proved crucial.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2023

As Prince of Wales, he audibly opposed Western neocolonialism.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022

In 2019, a short correspondence to Nature argued that the quantum computing community should adopt different terminology to avoid “overtones of violence, neocolonialism and racism.”

From Scientific American ● Feb. 20, 2021

Here's to a brave Haitian population that survives in spite of the depravations of colonialism and neocolonialism!

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2017




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