Colonization vs. Colonialization

Colonizationnoun

The process of establishing a colony.

Colonizationnoun

(social sciences) The process of colonizing or taking over.

Colonizationnoun

The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.

Colonizationnoun

the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies;

Colonizationnoun

the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area

Colonizationnoun

the action of appropriating a place or domain for one's own use

Colonizationnoun

the action by a plant or animal of establishing itself in an area

Colonization

Colonization, or colonisation refers to large-scale population movements where the migrants maintain strong links with their or their ancestors' former country, gaining significant privileges over other inhabitants of the territory by such links. When colonization takes place under the protection of colonial structures, it may be termed settler colonialism.

Colonializationnoun

Bringing into subjection or subjugation, and implies the subjugation or pacification of a people, and taking of a pre-populated land.