Synonyms for colonization
col·o·niza·tion

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1. colonization, colonisation, settlementnoun

   the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

   "the British colonization of America"

   Synonyms:
   village, closure, settlement, small town, resolution, liquidation, colonisation, colony

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1. • Establishment

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1. List of paraphrases for "colonization":

   colonisation, settlement, colonialism, decolonization, colonizing, colonial

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1. Bill Maher:

   The Jews has been in that area of the world since about 1200 B.C., way before the first Muslim or Arab walked the earth. ... I mean, Jerusalem was their capital. So if it's who got there first, it's not even close, the Jews were the ones who were occupied by everybody ; the Romans took over at some point and then the Persians and the Byzantines and then the Ottomans. So yes, there was colonization going on there. Beginning in the 19th century, they started to return to Palestine, which was never an Arab country. There was never a country called Palestine that was a distinct Arab country.

2. The Witcher:

   As a lifelong fan of fantasy, I am beyond excited to tell the story' The Witcher : Blood Origin.' A question has been burning in my mind ever since I first read The Witcher books -- What was the Elven world really like before the cataclysmic arrival of the humans ? i've always been fascinated by the rise and fall of civilizations, how science, discovery, and culture flourish right before that fall. How vast swathes of knowledge are lost forever in such a short time, often compounded by colonization and a rewriting of history. Leaving only fragments of a civilization's true story behind.

3. Med Jones:

   The historical crusades against Muslim lands, the colonization of Spain by the Muslim Moors and India by the British were all driven by economic interests, despite the advertised reasons that were used to mobilize their armies at the time. In my opinion, the invasion of Iraq was not about spreading democracy or weapons of mass destruction, it was about the oil.

4. Osprey Orielle Lake:

   The climate crisis really emerged from interlocking systems of capitalism, resource extraction, racism, patriarchy and colonization, it’s beyond past time to end the tragic cycle of endless economic growth based on sacrificed peoples and sacrificed lands.

5. Pak Fakir:

   The root cause of our problem is colonization, and this has never been touched upon in past talks.