Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun colonialism

1 sense of colonialism

Sense 1
colonialism -- (exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country)
       => exploitation, victimization, victimisation, using -- (an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization")