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co•lo•ni•al•i•za•tion
(kə lō′nē ə lə zā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- Governmentthe act of bringing into subjection or subjugation by colonializing.
- Governmentthe state or fact of being colonialized.
- colonial + -ization 1760–70