colonization
colonization Lexical Profile
colonization Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The action or process of settling among and establishing political, social, and economic control over the indigenous people of an area.
"The history seminar examined how European colonization reshaped the languages and trade networks of the Americas."
In ecology and microbiology, the process by which a plant, animal, or microorganism successfully establishes itself and multiplies in a new habitat or host without necessarily causing disease.
"Lichens and mosses are usually the first organisms to begin the colonization of bare volcanic rock."
• Rhymes for colonization
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived in the late 18th century from the verb 'colonize', which traces back to the Latin 'colonia' (a settled land or farm) and 'colonus' (a farmer or settler), from the verb 'colere' meaning to cultivate or inhabit.