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Settler colonialism

Meaning in history, with examples

nounCommon term

In history, settler colonialism means: Colonial domination organized around permanent settlement and control of land, often displacing Indigenous peoples and institutions.

In Turkish: yerleşimci sömürgecilik

How it is used

Examine specific land and institutional arrangements; it is not a synonym for every migration or colony.

Example sentences

  1. The study connects settler colonialism with the replacement of Indigenous landholding systems.

    The focus is durable control of land and institutions.

  2. The historian compared labour extraction with the land claims of settler colonialism.

    Different colonial arrangements can prioritize different forms of control.

Common collocations

  • settler colonialism and land
  • structures of settler colonialism
  • colonialismThe policy or practice of a state taking control of other territories and peoples, settling or ruling them, and using their land and resources for its own benefit.
  • migrationThe movement of people from one place to another to live, either within a country or across borders, alone or in large groups.

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