colonisations
Establishing foreign dominions
Colonisations is the plural of colonisation, the British spelling of colonization.
The word refers to multiple instances or types of establishing control over foreign territories and peoples—whether historical European expansion, settlement of new regions, or figurative takeovers: The colonisations of Africa and Asia followed different patterns.
Also used in biology for organisms establishing themselves in new environments.
Established communities or agreements
- empiresExtensive ruled territories
- territoriesAreas under jurisdiction
- occupationsTypes of paid work
- annexationsClaiming territory as one's own
expansions · dominions · conquests · possessions · outposts · protectorates · mandates · dependencies
Absorbing into a whole
- erasureAct of wiping away
- impositionsUnwelcome obligations placed on someone
- languagesSystems of human communication
- conversionsChanges in form or type
education · missionaries · traditions · identities · heritage · indigenous · displacement · suppression
Extending dominion over others
- independenceFreedom from external control
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- rebellionsOrganized resistance to authority
- partitionsBarriers dividing a space
treaties · mandates · repatriations · legacies · reparations · missionaries · expeditions · charters
settlements
Established communities or agreements
- empiresExtensive ruled territories
- territoriesAreas under jurisdiction
- occupationsTypes of paid work
annexations · expansions · dominions · conquests · possessions · outposts · protectorates · mandates · dependencies · spheres
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- erasureAct of wiping away
- impositionsUnwelcome obligations placed on someone
- languagesSystems of human communication
conversions · education · missionaries · traditions · identities · heritage · indigenous · displacement · suppression · domination
imperialism
Extending dominion over others
- independenceFreedom from external control
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- rebellionsOrganized resistance to authority
partitions · treaties · mandates · repatriations · legacies · reparations · missionaries · expeditions · charters · companies
bacteria
Nucleus-free single-celled organisms
- microbesMicroscopic living organisms
- culturesCollective human practices
- specimensRepresentative items for examination
pathogens · flora · gut · intestinal · microbial · organisms · hosts · infections · growths · proliferations
colonisationsdecolonisations
Ending of imperial rule
independence movements · liberations · emancipations · freedom movements · independences
colonisationswithdrawals
Removal of deposited funds
evacuations · repatriations · exoduses · retreats · departures