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settlerism

noun

Etymology

From settler + -ism.

  1. derived from saht
  2. inherited from sahtlian
  3. inherited from sahtlen
  4. derived from setl
  5. inherited from setlan — “to settle, seat, put to rest”
  6. inherited from setlen
  7. formed as settler — “settle + -er”
  8. suffixed as settlerism — “settler + ism”

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. The process of converting desolate lands into settlements.

  3. The replacement of native populations with nonnative populations.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Group identification among settlers (as opposed to indigenous people or imported slaves),…

      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.

      • Class contradictions in the U.S., in time, came to be defined largely in the context of race and settlerism.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA