NEOCOLONIALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neocolonialism mean? 

• NEOCOLONIALISM (noun)
  The noun NEOCOLONIALISM has 1 sense:

1. control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures

  Familiarity information: NEOCOLONIALISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEOCOLONIALISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("neocolonialism" is a kind of...):

colonialism (exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country)