territorializes
Marks as owned
Territorializes means to make something into a territory or to establish territorial control over an area.
The word appears in political and academic contexts discussing how states or groups claim and organize geographic spaces: The empire territorializes conquered lands through administrative divisions.
In theoretical writing, particularly philosophy, territorializes can describe abstract processes of establishing boundaries or domains: Language territorializes thought.
Line marking a limit
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
encroachment · border · contested · dispute · cession · enclave · acquisition · stake
Foreign territorial takeover
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- incorporationForming a legal entity
spread · encroachment · acquisition · occupation · land-grab · appropriation · colonialism · imperialism
Protective or easily threatened
- guardingActively protecting something
- patrollingMonitoring by traversing
- fortifyingMaking stronger or sturdier
- securingMaking firmly fixed
buffer · boundary · enclosure · perimeter · fence · barrier · demarcating · watchful
Authority to direct
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- dominationSupreme authority held
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
subjugation · command · rule · governance · power · influence · ascendancy · predominance
boundary
Line marking a limit
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
annexation · encroachment · border · contested · dispute · cession · enclave · acquisition · stake · title
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
incorporation · spread · encroachment · acquisition · occupation · land-grab · appropriation · colonialism · imperialism · frontier
defensive
Protective or easily threatened
- guardingActively protecting something
- patrollingMonitoring by traversing
- fortifyingMaking stronger or sturdier
securing · buffer · boundary · enclosure · perimeter · fence · barrier · demarcating · watchful · vigilant
control
Authority to direct
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- dominationSupreme authority held
authority · subjugation · command · rule · governance · power · influence · ascendancy · predominance · overlordship
territorializescedes
Formally surrenders control
relinquishes · surrenders · abandons · yields · renounces
territorializesshares
Units of company ownership
opens · publicizes · democratizes · collectivizes · opens up