Example sentences for: colonialism

How can you use “colonialism” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Nineteenth-Century English is an interesting if somewhat staid tracing of the development of English into a world language, though its influence today is probably owing directly more to events of the past sixty years than to the growth and spread it enjoyed during the century of colonialism.

  • The crippled Russian government has no choice but to accept this aid, but it's disturbingly reminiscent of 19th century colonialism.

  • A 10-story cover package on the "Politics of Travel" complains that mass tourism Disneyfies authentic culture and promotes economic colonialism.

  • Nearby Ramses Square plays host to the Victorian Railway Station, designed in the heyday of colonialism and fronted by a monumental granite statue of Ramses II transported from the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis in 1955.

  • (Careful feminist writers avoid unthinking use of imagery redolent of colonialism and militarism.)


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