colonialist
植民地主義者
解説 Definition
植民地支配を推進・支持する立場の人。植民地主義の信奉者。
A colonialist is a person who supports or takes part in colonialism, the system in which one country controls another country or region. The word is often used in history and politics. It usually has a negative meaning.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
colony（植民地）→ colonial（植民地の）→ colonialism（植民地主義）→ colonialist（その支持者・推進者）と、関連語を階段状につなげて覚えると定着しやすい。-ist は artist, scientist と同じく「その立場・主義の人」。紛らわしいのは colonist で、こちらは「入植者・植民者」寄り。colonialist は単に現地に住む人ではなく、植民地支配をよしとする側の人という政治的ニュアンスが強い。
Build it step by step: `colony` -> `colonial` -> `colonialism` -> `colonialist`. The ending `-ist` means a person connected with an idea, like `artist` or `scientist`. Do not mix it up with `colonist`, which usually means a settler rather than someone supporting colonial rule.
例文
The historian described the colonialist attitudes that justified the exploitation of indigenous peoples.
歴史家は先住民の搾取を正当化した植民地主義者の態度について述べた。
The statue of the colonialist was removed after years of public debate.
その植民地主義者の像は何年もの公開討論の末に撤去された。
Post-colonial literature often critiques the colonialist mindset that persists in modern institutions.
ポストコロニアル文学は、現代の制度に残存する植民地主義的な考え方をしばしば批判する。
colonialist の類義語・関連語
colonialist の語源・成り立ち Etymology
colonialist は colony に -al と -ist が重なった語で、colony はラテン語 colonia「入植地」にさかのぼり、さらに colonus「耕す人・移住者」に通じます。もともと「耕して住み着く」が核なので、culture や cultivate も同根です。土地を耕す発想が「植民地を作る」へ伸びたと見ると意味がつながります。
Colonialist is built from colony with the suffixes -al and -ist. Colony comes from Latin colonia, meaning a settled land, and is linked to colonus, meaning farmer or settler. The older idea was living on and working new land, which later developed into the political idea of founding and supporting colonies. Related words from the same family include cultivate, culture, and colony.
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