COLONIZATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does colonization mean? • COLONIZATION (noun)
The noun COLONIZATION has 1 sense:
1. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
Familiarity information: COLONIZATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COLONIZATION (noun)
Meaning:
The act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
colonisation; colonization; settlement
Context example:
the British colonization of America
Hypernyms ("colonization" is a kind of...):
constitution; establishment; formation; organisation; organization (the act of forming something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "colonization"):
population (the act of populating (causing to live in a place))
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