imperialized
Brought under empire
Imperialized means brought under imperial control or influence, or made to resemble an empire's characteristics.
A nation might be imperialized through colonization, economic dominance, or cultural absorption: The region was imperialized over decades of military occupation.
The term often carries critical connotations, suggesting forced transformation rather than natural development.
Established foreign control over
- subjugatedBrought under control
- annexedIncorporated into one's domain
- occupiedCurrently in use
- conqueredDefeated and took control
exploited · assimilated · incorporated · subordinated · dispossessed · enslaved · coerced · pacified
Organizational oversight and control
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- regimeSystem of governance
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
hegemony · supremacy · command · rule · oversight · regulation · viceroy · governor
Absorbing territory into jurisdiction
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- protectorateGuarded semi-autonomous territory
outpost · frontier · settler · manifest destiny · expeditionary · partition · scramble · sphere of influence
Ending imperial control
- independenceFreedom from external control
- liberationRelease from constraint
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
revolt · rebellion · anticolonial · self-determination · sovereignty · emancipation · postcolonial · neocolonial
colonized
Established foreign control over
- subjugatedBrought under control
- annexedIncorporated into one's domain
- occupiedCurrently in use
conquered · exploited · assimilated · incorporated · subordinated · dispossessed · enslaved · coerced · pacified · repressed
administration
Organizational oversight and control
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- regimeSystem of governance
sovereignty · hegemony · supremacy · command · rule · oversight · regulation · viceroy · governor · mandate
annexation
Absorbing territory into jurisdiction
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
protectorate · outpost · frontier · settler · manifest destiny · expeditionary · partition · scramble · sphere of influence · tributary
decolonization
Ending imperial control
- independenceFreedom from external control
- liberationRelease from constraint
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
uprising · revolt · rebellion · anticolonial · self-determination · sovereignty · emancipation · postcolonial · neocolonial · reparations
dynasty
Successive family rulers
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
kingdom · sultanate · tsardom · caliphate · shogunate · raj · succession · coronation · Ottoman · Mughal
imperializedliberated
Released from confinement
decolonized · emancipated · freed · independent · self-governing
imperializeddecolonized
Freed from colonial rule
indigenized · localized · nativized · self-determined · self-sufficient
empire, emperor, empress, imperial, imperious, imperialism, imperiously, imperium, imperials