colonization
When one country or group takes control of another land and sends people to live and rule there.
The process by which a country or group takes control of another territory, settles people there, and often governs, exploits, or displaces the local population.
The process of making a new place into a permanent home for people.
The process of establishing a permanent human settlement in a new or not permanently inhabited place, especially in discussions of remote regions or other planets.
When bacteria, plants, or other organisms begin to live and grow somewhere.
In biology and medicine, the process by which organisms, especially bacteria, start living and reproducing on a surface, in a body, or in a habitat.
When a powerful culture, company, or system takes over part of social life or culture.
The spread of a powerful group's influence into an area of life, culture, or activity in a way that is seen as controlling, exploitative, or displacing existing practices.
- Base: colonization
- Plural: colonization, colonizations
bacterial colonization
1Bacteria living on host
When bacteria live and grow on or in part of the body or another surface.
- The test showed bacterial colonization but no active infection.
- Good hygiene can reduce bacterial colonization of medical devices.
- Premature babies are carefully monitored for bacterial colonization in the hospital.
- The patient had bacterial colonization, not an infection.
colonization resistance
1Microbiome blocking new microbes
The way healthy bacteria can help stop harmful microbes from settling in the body.
- A healthy gut microbiome provides colonization resistance against some pathogens.
- Antibiotics can weaken colonization resistance and allow harmful bacteria to grow.
- Researchers are studying how diet affects colonization resistance in the intestine.
- Good gut bacteria can give colonization resistance.
cultural colonization
1Culture imposed on another
When a powerful culture pushes another culture aside or makes it seem less important.
- Some critics saw the imported school curriculum as cultural colonization.
- Local artists resisted cultural colonization by reviving traditional music.
- The essay argues that television and advertising can become tools of cultural colonization.
- They feared cultural colonization would weaken local traditions.
digital colonization
1Digital power over communities
When powerful tech companies or countries gain too much control over another group's data or digital life.
- Activists warned that the new platform could lead to digital colonization of local markets.
- The article describes data extraction from poorer countries as a form of digital colonization.
- Some governments are investing in local cloud services to avoid digital colonization.
- They worried about digital colonization by large tech companies.
settler colonization
1Settlers displacing Indigenous peoples
Colonization in which settlers take land and build a new society where Indigenous people already live.
- Settler colonization in North America involved the seizure of Indigenous lands.
- Scholars argue that settler colonization can continue through laws, property systems, and institutions.
- The course examines how settler colonization shaped land ownership and national identity.
- Settler colonization harmed many Indigenous communities.
space colonization
1Permanent settlement beyond Earth
The idea of people living permanently in space or on another planet.
- Space colonization is a common theme in science fiction.
- Space colonization raises difficult questions about law, ethics, and resource use.
- Supporters of space colonization argue that humans should build self-sustaining communities beyond Earth.
- Space colonization means people living beyond Earth.
- Mars is often discussed in plans for space colonization.