thực dân
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Definition
Adjective:
- Colonial: Relating to the practice of acquiring and maintaining colonies, especially for economic exploitation and political control. It describes policies, systems, or powers associated with colonialism.
- Colonist: Pertaining to a colonist; characteristic of a person who settles in and establishes control over a foreign land.
Noun:
- Colonialist: A person who supports or practices colonialism, typically from a colonizing nation, involved in the administration or exploitation of a colony.
- (General term) Colonist: A person who settles in a new colony, often as part of a system of political and economic domination.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Chính sách thực dân đã bóc lột tài nguyên của nhiều quốc gia. (The colonial policy exploited the resources of many countries.)
- Sự cai trị thực dân thường rất tàn bạo. (Colonial rule was often very brutal.)
Noun:
- Những tên thực dân đã bị đánh đuổi khỏi đất nước. (The colonialists were driven out of the country.)
- Bọn thực dân chỉ muốn vơ vét của cải. (The colonists only wanted to plunder wealth.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in historical and political contexts to critically describe the system of colonialism and its agents.
- It can be part of compound terms where it functions as an adjective modifying a noun, e.g., "chế độ thực dân" (colonial regime), "thế lực thực dân" (colonial power).
Variants and Related Words
Chủ nghĩa thực dân (n): Colonialism - the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
- Chủ nghĩa thực dân để lại nhiều di hại. (Colonialism left many detrimental legacies.)
Đế quốc thực dân (n): Colonial empire.
- Anh từng là một đế quốc thực dân hùng mạnh. (Britain was once a powerful colonial empire.)
Thuộc địa (n): Colony - a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country.
- Việt Nam từng là thuộc địa của Pháp. (Vietnam was once a colony of France.)
Synonyms
- Colonial (adj): Relating to a colony or colonialism.
- Colonist (n): A settler in a colony.
- Imperialist (adj/n): Relating to or characteristic of an empire or imperialism (broader concept, often overlapping).
Related Idioms and Phrases
Ách thực dân: The colonial yoke; referring to the oppressive rule of colonial powers.
- Nhân dân đã lật đổ ách thực dân. (The people overthrew the colonial yoke.)
Chống thực dân: Anti-colonial; opposing colonialism.
- Phong trào chống thực dân lan rộng khắp châu Á. (The anti-colonial movement spread across Asia.)