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colonization
noun as in settlement of area
Example Sentences
Next is the commitment to opposing "colonization," a term that's very specific to that era.
So, we get an Indigenous couple living in bliss and idle, but not the bloody colonization that would see them moved from the land and this happy house – filled predominately with white families – built in its place.
In part, the dominance of beef in American cuisine can be traced to settler colonialism, a form of colonization in which settlers claim – and then transform – lands inhabited by Indigenous people.
That practice was all but eliminated as colonization and government-sanctioned genocide forced tribes from nearly 99 percent of their land.
Some proponents of space colonization point out that exploring space has historically led to big technological advancements for those of us on Earth, so we should expand such efforts, not reduce them.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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