SEMICOLONIAL


Meaning of SEMICOLONIAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌse-mē-kə-ˈlō-nyəl, ˌse-ˌmī-, -mi-, -nē-əl ]

adjective

Date: 1932

1. : nominally independent but actually under foreign domination

2. : dependent on foreign nations as suppliers of manufactured goods and as purchasers of raw materials

• semi·co·lo·nial·ism -nyə-ˌli-zəm, -nē-ə- noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.