colonized
Took over territory
Colonized describes a place or people that have been brought under the control of a foreign power.
A colonized territory is settled and governed by outsiders.
Colonized peoples have had their land, resources, or governance taken over.
The term extends to cultural domination: colonized minds have internalized the values of their colonizers.
In biology, a surface colonized by bacteria has been populated by them.
Brought under control
- occupiedCurrently in use
- invadedEntered by force
- annexedIncorporated into one's domain
- dominatedControlled or overpowered
imperialism · colonialism · suppressed · overrun · enslaved · imposed · subdued · coerced
Forcibly took valuables
- extractedRemoved from source
- pillagedRobbed through violence
- strippedHad coverings removed
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
appropriated · impoverished · exploited · resources · rubber · ivory · spices · labor
Those who establish homes
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- frontierEdge of settlement
- outpostRemote military station
- encampmentTemporary military or refugee settlement
township · enclave · expansion · migration · cultivation · plantation · displacement · reservation
Original local population
- tribesAncestral social groups
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- homelandOne's native land
autochthonous · dispossessed · assimilated · erased · marginalized · customs · traditions · languages
subjugated
Brought under control
dominated · imperialism · colonialism · suppressed · overrun · enslaved · imposed · subdued · coerced · dispossessed
plundered
Forcibly took valuables
depleted · appropriated · impoverished · exploited · resources · rubber · ivory · spices · labor · taxation
settlers
Those who establish homes
encampment · township · enclave · expansion · migration · cultivation · plantation · displacement · reservation · resettlement
natives
Original local population
- tribesAncestral social groups
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
- ancestralOf one's forebears
homeland · autochthonous · dispossessed · assimilated · erased · marginalized · customs · traditions · languages · cultures
- Colonial LiteratureHeart of Darkness, Kim, The Jungle Book, King Solomon's Mines, Robinson Crusoe
- wrongedabused, mistreated, victimized, exploited, oppressed
- postcolonialismorientalism, postcolonialism, subaltern, neocolonialism, mimicry
- places to livehome, house, apartment, residence, dwelling
- possessionowned, acquired, possessed, kept, retained
colonizedindependent
Free from external control
sovereign · liberated · free · self-governing · autonomous
colonizeddecolonise
End foreign domination
decolonize · decolonized · liberate · liberated · free
colonizeduninhabited
Having no occupants
unsettled · unpopulated · empty · deserted · vacant
- space colonizationSettling beyond Earth
- British colonizationEngland's historic overseas conquest
- European colonizationForeign powers seizing territories
- Mars colonizationInhabiting another world
- Spanish colonizationIberia's global territorial acquisition
- French colonizationOverseas territorial acquisition by Paris
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