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Have you ever heard the word "colonialize"? Spell check doesn't accept it, google doesn't either. Colony->colonize->decolonize Colonial is an adjective from c

by veqq 4y ago

Have you ever heard the word "colonialize"? Spell check doesn't accept it, google doesn't either. Colony->colonize->decolonize Colonial is an adjective from colony. You can add -ize to the noun, no need for this intermediary step.

carlmr 4y ago
Maybe OP is German. We call it Kolonialisierung and Dekolonialisierung.
- benj111 4y ago
  No I'm English. I'll take it as a complement that I'm recreating German words though.
  - carlmr 4y ago
    At least you're Germanic then, back to the roots ;).
throwaway4aday 4y ago
-ize > a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have entered English through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses “to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize) https://www.dictionary.com/browse/-ize#:~:text=a%20verb%2Dforming%20suffix%20occurring,%3B%20sterilize%3B%20Americanize)%2C%20%E2%80%9C https://www.dictionary.com/browse/-ize#:~:text=a%20verb%2Dfo...
benj111 4y ago
Decolonise to me means depopulate. I originally thought the article was talking about removing people from maths (teachers?) Elon musk colonises mars. Elon musk decolonises mars. Colony is a fairly A-political word to me. Colonial has political connotations. So if I wanted to talk about the political elements of the times when colonys were a thing would say colonial. And variations of that word. As we are talking about politics, it seems that colonial seems to be the better word. If I wanted to talk about setting off across the Atlantic and setting up a base, I would describe that as a colony, and the continuing process of that would be colonisation. If I wanted to talk about the negative impacts on the indigenous population, I would describe that as colonialism and the process by extension, colonialisation. Googling around I'm obviously in a minority as far as word usage goes, and I'm surprised I haven't come across this before. It still seems strange how decolonise was the work settled on though.

by veqq 4y ago

carlmr 4y ago

Maybe OP is German. We call it Kolonialisierung and Dekolonialisierung.

benj111 4y ago
No I'm English. I'll take it as a complement that I'm recreating German words though.
- carlmr 4y ago
  At least you're Germanic then, back to the roots ;).

throwaway4aday 4y ago

-ize > a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have entered English through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses “to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize) https://www.dictionary.com/browse/-ize#:~:text=a%20verb%2Dforming%20suffix%20occurring,%3B%20sterilize%3B%20Americanize)%2C%20%E2%80%9C https://www.dictionary.com/browse/-ize#:~:text=a%20verb%2Dfo...

benj111 4y ago

Decolonise to me means depopulate. I originally thought the article was talking about removing people from maths (teachers?) Elon musk colonises mars. Elon musk decolonises mars. Colony is a fairly A-political word to me. Colonial has political connotations. So if I wanted to talk about the political elements of the times when colonys were a thing would say colonial. And variations of that word. As we are talking about politics, it seems that colonial seems to be the better word. If I wanted to talk about setting off across the Atlantic and setting up a base, I would describe that as a colony, and the continuing process of that would be colonisation. If I wanted to talk about the negative impacts on the indigenous population, I would describe that as colonialism and the process by extension, colonialisation. Googling around I'm obviously in a minority as far as word usage goes, and I'm surprised I haven't come across this before. It still seems strange how decolonise was the work settled on though.