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Noun: neocolonialism  ,nee-ow-ku'low-nee-u,li-zum
  1. Control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures

Derived forms: neocolonialisms

Type of: colonialism

Encyclopedia: Neocolonialism