settlerism
An ideology extolling the virtue of bettering oneself by becoming a settler in…An ideology extolling the virtue of bettering oneself by becoming a settler in undeveloped lands.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)An ideology extolling the virtue of bettering oneself by becoming a settler in undeveloped lands.
(uncountable)The process of converting desolate lands into settlements.
(colloquial, derogatory, often, uncountable)The replacement of native populations with nonnative populations.
(historical, uncountable)Group identification among settlers (as opposed to indigenous people or imported slaves), coupled with an ideology of freedom and social participation that applies exclusively to members of that group.
Origin
From settler + -ism.From settler + -ism.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable