uncolonized
Free from settlers
Uncolonized describes land or people that have not been subjected to colonial rule or settlement.
The term appears in historical and political contexts: uncolonized territories, the few uncolonized regions of Africa.
It can also describe cultural or intellectual spaces free from outside domination: an uncolonized imagination.
Free from external control
- self-governingControlling one's own affairs
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- indigenousOriginating in a region
native · self-determined · unconquered · liberated · self-rule · sovereignty · autonomy · nonaligned
Not contacted or affected
- unspoiledNot damaged or degraded
- virginOne sexually inexperienced
- intactNot damaged or altered
- preservedKept from deterioration
undisturbed · natural · pure · unblemished · unadulterated · unsullied · undefiled · primeval
Lacking cartographic representation
- undiscoveredNot yet found
- unexploredNot yet investigated
- unknownNot yet discovered
- frontierEdge of settlement
remote · untraveled · hidden · mysterious · uncontacted · inaccessible · isolated · unreached
independent
Free from external control
- self-governingControlling one's own affairs
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- freeWithout payment or restriction
indigenous · native · self-determined · unconquered · liberated · self-rule · sovereignty · autonomy · nonaligned · self-reliant
untouched
Not contacted or affected
preserved · undisturbed · natural · pure · unblemished · unadulterated · unsullied · undefiled · primeval · primal
unmapped
Lacking cartographic representation
- undiscoveredNot yet found
- unexploredNot yet investigated
- unknownNot yet discovered
frontier · remote · untraveled · hidden · mysterious · uncontacted · inaccessible · isolated · unreached · uninvestigated
uncolonizedcolonized
Established foreign control over
colonised · subjugated · occupied · conquered · annexed
uncolonizedsubjugated
Brought under control
oppressed · puppet state · protectorate · vassal state · crown colony
colony, colonial, colonist, colonize, colonization, colonialism, decolonization, colonic, neocolonialism