autocolonialism

Etymology

auto- + colonial + -ism

autocolonialism means An autocolonial situation, one involving only the culture of a colonizing force. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

Why this word is great

AUTOCOLONIALISM — [Noun] A sociopolitical condition in which a society or culture imposes upon itself the structures, values, and ideologies of a former or perceived colonizing power, effectively colonizing itself from within. From the Greek prefix auto- ("self") + colonial, from Latin colonia ("settlement, colony") + the suffix -ism (denoting a system, principle, or ideological condition). Unlike colonialism, an external force subduing a territory, or postcolonial mimicry, a superficial emulation of form, autocolonialism is the active, institutional self-replication of the master's blueprint. It manifests as the capital’s architecture meticulously copied from the imperial metropole, the educational syllabus that venerates a foreign canon as the sole valid narrative, and the legal code that outlaws indigenous practice in the name of a borrowed modernity—the profound melancholia of a sovereignty that learns to administer its own annexation.

noun

An autocolonial situation, one involving only the culture of a colonizing force.