D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

neocolonialism

· IPA /ˌniːəʊkəˈləʊnjəlɪzəm/
01 n. Control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures. In contrast to colonialism…
  1. 1.
    Control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures. In contrast to colonialism, in which one country controls another territory by military force.