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