colonialism

colonialisme

Prise de contrôle d’un territoire par un pays pour exploiter ses ressources et le travail de ses habitants à son profit.

En anglais simple : A country taking control of another land to use its resources and people’s work for its own benefit.

• Colonialism changed the country’s economy.
• Local people resisted colonialism and demanded independence.
• The book examines how colonialism exploited land and labor.

Expressions courantes : European colonialism, history of colonialism, resist colonialism

expression coloniale, habitude coloniale

Mot, idée ou habitude provenant de la vie dans une colonie.

En anglais simple : A word, idea, or habit that comes from life in a colony.

• The phrase is an old colonialism.
• Her study lists colonialisms found in settlers’ letters.
• This colonialism survived in local speech long after independence.

Expressions courantes : linguistic colonialism, local colonialism, old colonialism

vie coloniale

Façon dont les gens vivent dans une colonie.

En anglais simple : The way people live in a colony.

• The letters describe everyday colonialism.
• The historian reconstructed colonialism from household records.
• His account of colonialism includes farming, schooling, and family life.

Synonymes : colonial life

Expressions courantes : daily colonialism, early colonialism, colonialism abroad