English Explanatory Dictionary

self-colonize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To regain power (by indigenous people) after having been under colonial rule by another country, typically with the adoption of some of the culture of the former colonizers.
  2. To be introduced into an ecosystem through natural processes, as opposed to deliberate introduction by people.

Word forms

self-colonize self-colonizes self-colonizing self-colonized self-colonise

Etymology

From self- + colonize.

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