Colonization
noun
The process of taking control of a foreign land, area or people, usually by force.
The colonization of North America by European settlers in the 16th and 17th centuries dramatically changed the lives of indigenous people.
Often appears as...
- european colonization
- process of colonization
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Academic
noun
The process of moving plants, animals or people to a new area and establishing a colony.
Colonization of new environments by invasive species can harm biodiversity.
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- species colonization
- bacterial colonization
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Scientific
noun
The process by which a new area or environment is populated by microorganisms.
In some cases, bacterial colonization can lead to illness and infection.
Often appears as...
- bacterial colonization
- microbial colonization
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Technical
noun
The process of taking control of a foreign land, area or people, usually by force.
The colonization of North America by European settlers in the 16th and 17th centuries dramatically changed the lives of indigenous people.
Often appears as...
- european colonization
- process of colonization
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The process of moving plants, animals or people to a new area and establishing a colony.
Colonization of new environments by invasive species can harm biodiversity.
Often appears as...
- species colonization
- bacterial colonization
Usage tips
Scientific
noun
The process by which a new area or environment is populated by microorganisms.
In some cases, bacterial colonization can lead to illness and infection.
Often appears as...
- bacterial colonization
- microbial colonization
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Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Historical Impact
Understand colonization as a cause for major historical changes and conflicts.
Colonization reshaped world maps and societies.
Pro Tip 2/3Power Dynamics
Recognize that colonization often involves power imbalances and exploitation.
Colonization led to the dominance of certain cultures over others.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that discussing colonization can evoke strong emotions due to its historical context.
The legacy of colonization is still felt in many societies today.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Impact
Understand colonization as a cause for major historical changes and conflicts.
Colonization reshaped world maps and societies.
Pro Tip 2/3Power Dynamics
Recognize that colonization often involves power imbalances and exploitation.
Colonization led to the dominance of certain cultures over others.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that discussing colonization can evoke strong emotions due to its historical context.
The legacy of colonization is still felt in many societies today.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Impact
Understand colonization as a cause for major historical changes and conflicts.
Colonization reshaped world maps and societies.
Pro Tip 2/3Power Dynamics
Recognize that colonization often involves power imbalances and exploitation.
Colonization led to the dominance of certain cultures over others.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that discussing colonization can evoke strong emotions due to its historical context.
The legacy of colonization is still felt in many societies today.
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Let's not use Mars as a...
is that, as civilizations become technologically advanced enough to consider living amongst the stars, they lose sight of how important it is to safeguard the home worlds that fostered that advancement to begin with. It is hubris to believe that interplanetary colonization alone will save us from ourselves,
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Sir David Attenborough...
its fins have long fleshy lobes at their base which make them quite unlike the fins of any other living fish and there seems little doubt that these represent the first rudimentary legs which enabled the ancestral amphibians to drag themselves from the water and begin the colonization of the dry
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Michael Pawlyn: Using...
it was the colonization of the land by plants that helped create the benign climate we currently enjoy. The converse is also true. The more vegetation we lose, the more that's likely to exacerbate climate change and lead to further desertification.
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How the gut microbes...
To begin, remember how I said that we need the right combination of microbes? Well, to get that combination right, we need to receive those microbes that inhabit our bodies in a certain order. You can think of it like a colonization march.
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Drones Sacrificed for...
much better than an erupting volcano on Vanuatu we were there to investigate how quickly microbial colonization happens on rocks we certainly wouldn't imagine that there is life in the lava lake itself just way too hot for anything to
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What adults can learn...
we are called childish. Which really bothers me. After all, take a look at these Imperialism and colonization, world wars, George W. Bush. Ask yourself, who's responsible? Adults. Now, what have kids done?
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He Risked Death as First...
continent and its people its rivers its lands its wildlife the powers that were there the colonization the great scramble of carving up the land and he wrote about it and he talked about it
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Calling for change in...
today but in the modern times the other world find itself on the margins of history not much contribution to the world as the spread of the Western colonization around the world most of
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The secret society of...
from colonization. And later that century, it seems that Maroons— or people escaping from slavery— began entering the area. In fact, the team’s findings support the theory
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Jorge Mañes Rubio: What...
This ongoing colonization process has shaped the unfair world we live in today. So how can we make sure we stop perpetuating the same old colonial patterns?
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Let's not use Mars as a...
is that, as civilizations become technologically advanced enough to consider living amongst the stars, they lose sight of how important it is to safeguard the home worlds that fostered that advancement to begin with. It is hubris to believe that interplanetary colonization alone will save us from ourselves,
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
its fins have long fleshy lobes at their base which make them quite unlike the fins of any other living fish and there seems little doubt that these represent the first rudimentary legs which enabled the ancestral amphibians to drag themselves from the water and begin the colonization of the dry
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Michael Pawlyn: Using...
it was the colonization of the land by plants that helped create the benign climate we currently enjoy. The converse is also true. The more vegetation we lose, the more that's likely to exacerbate climate change and lead to further desertification.
Video examples
How the gut microbes...
To begin, remember how I said that we need the right combination of microbes? Well, to get that combination right, we need to receive those microbes that inhabit our bodies in a certain order. You can think of it like a colonization march.
Video examples
Drones Sacrificed for...
much better than an erupting volcano on Vanuatu we were there to investigate how quickly microbial colonization happens on rocks we certainly wouldn't imagine that there is life in the lava lake itself just way too hot for anything to
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What adults can learn...
we are called childish. Which really bothers me. After all, take a look at these Imperialism and colonization, world wars, George W. Bush. Ask yourself, who's responsible? Adults. Now, what have kids done?
Video examples
He Risked Death as First...
continent and its people its rivers its lands its wildlife the powers that were there the colonization the great scramble of carving up the land and he wrote about it and he talked about it
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Calling for change in...
today but in the modern times the other world find itself on the margins of history not much contribution to the world as the spread of the Western colonization around the world most of
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The secret society of...
from colonization. And later that century, it seems that Maroons— or people escaping from slavery— began entering the area. In fact, the team’s findings support the theory
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Jorge Mañes Rubio: What...
This ongoing colonization process has shaped the unfair world we live in today. So how can we make sure we stop perpetuating the same old colonial patterns?
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Gustav Stresemann
German Politician
Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered.
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Ahmed Ben Bella
Algerian Politician
With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom. At that precise moment, several countries were still colonised or had barely overcome colonisation. This was the case in practically all of Africa. We supported them.
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Ferdinand Marcos
Filipino Statesman
Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
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Hilary Beckles
Barbadian Historian
What are the 10 major legacies that European colonization have left behind? Issues of illiteracy. Issues of ill health. Issues of poor infrastructure. Issues of backward agricultural economies. And it goes on.
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Barney Oliver
Scientist
If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.
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Chris Sacca
American Businessman
Planet colonization is not a short term concern of mine. The physical limitations of space travel render it low on the list for me.
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Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
I think there are patterns of the aftermath of colonization that you see echoed in cultures and communities across the world.
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Theodor Herzl
Hungarian Journalist
Philanthropic colonization is a failure. National colonization will succeed.
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Albert Bushnell Hart
American Historian
In any event, colonization and the grant of lands were provincial matters.
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Claire Denis
French Director
The history of colonisation cannot disappear.
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Gustav Stresemann
German Politician
Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered.
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Ahmed Ben Bella
Algerian Politician
With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom. At that precise moment, several countries were still colonised or had barely overcome colonisation. This was the case in practically all of Africa. We supported them.
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Ferdinand Marcos
Filipino Statesman
Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
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Hilary Beckles
Barbadian Historian
What are the 10 major legacies that European colonization have left behind? Issues of illiteracy. Issues of ill health. Issues of poor infrastructure. Issues of backward agricultural economies. And it goes on.
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Barney Oliver
Scientist
If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.
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Chris Sacca
American Businessman
Planet colonization is not a short term concern of mine. The physical limitations of space travel render it low on the list for me.
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Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
I think there are patterns of the aftermath of colonization that you see echoed in cultures and communities across the world.
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Theodor Herzl
Hungarian Journalist
Philanthropic colonization is a failure. National colonization will succeed.
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Albert Bushnell Hart
American Historian
In any event, colonization and the grant of lands were provincial matters.
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Claire Denis
French Director
The history of colonisation cannot disappear.
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