colonially
In empire's manner
In a manner relating to colonies or colonial rule.
The word typically describes how something was done during or as a result of colonial periods: colonially imposed borders, colonially derived legal systems.
It often carries critical connotations, highlighting the lasting effects of imperial control on formerly colonized regions.
Absorbing territory into jurisdiction
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- outpostRemote military station
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
spread · proliferation · occupation · scramble · partition · acquisition · incursion · encroachment
Large-scale farming operations
- slaveryOwnership of people
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- extractionAct of removing
- dominationSupreme authority held
mercantilism · monoculture · coercion · looting · plunder · siphoning · dispossession · indentured
First to explore territory
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- outpostRemote military station
- frontierEdge of settlement
- enclaveSurrounded distinct territory
plantation · mission · fortress · garrison · settler · compound · cantonment · bungalow
Absorbing into a whole
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- conversionAct of changing states
- educationSystematic development of mind
language · erasure · civilization · othering · exoticism · orientalism · infantilization · native
Inherited cultural legacy
- monumentsStructures commemorating notable achievements
- archivesStored historical documents
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- remnantsWhat stays after most goes
vestiges · artifacts · preservation · ruins · traditions · reparations · repatriation · independence
Organizational oversight and control
- viceroyRoyal colonial governor
- commissionerAppointed agency leader
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
legislation · mandate · protectorate · sovereignty · dominion · prefecture · resident · governor
annexation
Absorbing territory into jurisdiction
dominance · spread · proliferation · occupation · scramble · partition · acquisition · incursion · encroachment · foothold
plantations
Large-scale farming operations
- slaveryOwnership of people
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- extractionAct of removing
domination · mercantilism · monoculture · coercion · looting · plunder · siphoning · dispossession · indentured · expropriation
pioneers
First to explore territory
enclave · plantation · mission · fortress · garrison · settler · compound · cantonment · bungalow · estate
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- conversionAct of changing states
education · language · erasure · civilization · othering · exoticism · orientalism · infantilization · native · indigenous
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- monumentsStructures commemorating notable achievements
- archivesStored historical documents
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
remnants · vestiges · artifacts · preservation · ruins · traditions · reparations · repatriation · independence · partition
administration
Organizational oversight and control
- viceroyRoyal colonial governor
- commissionerAppointed agency leader
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
jurisdiction · legislation · mandate · protectorate · sovereignty · dominion · prefecture · resident · governor · decree
coloniallyindependently
Without outside assistance
autonomously · indigenously · natively · locally · domestically
- colonial war
- colonial powersNations that colonized others
- colonial ruleForeign power's territorial dominion
- colonial eraAge of overseas dominion
- colonial styleArchitecture from settlement periods
- colonial rootsOrigins from settler period
colonial, colonialism, colonials, precolonial, anticolonial, postcolonial