settler colonialism

noun

A form of colonialism in which colonizers seek to displace indigenous populations from their land in order to establish permanent settlements of their own.

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Meanings

nounsettler colonialism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA form of colonialism in which colonizers seek to displace indigenous populations from their land in order to establish permanent settlements of their own.

    It was the racist, settler colonialism that created whiteness, that created blackness, half-caste, quarter-caste, octoroon, that saw mixed-race people as a third race.

    2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021

Translations

Arabic اِسْتِعْمَار اِسْتِيطَانِيّ
  • اِسْتِعْمَار اِسْتِيطَانِيّ (istiʕmār istīṭāniyy)Translations
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APA

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MLA

“settler colonialism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/settler%20colonialism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “settler colonialism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/settler%20colonialism.

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