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biocolonialist en · ADJ

Etymology

From bio- + colonialism.

Meanings

1. Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to biocolonialism.
   • But perhaps the most noteworthy distinction is not between population genomics projects, but between recent projects that emphasize finding specific-population genomes and the earlier “biocolonialist” projects such as the HGDP. 2005, Eugene Thacker, The Global Genome: Biotechnology, Politics, and Culture, page 139:
   • Hence, Indigenism is concerned both with challenging this biocolonialist agenda that has dire portents for a ‘new age eugenics’, and also with ecological alternatives that seek to live in reciprocity with the land. 2000, M. A. Jaimes Guerrero, “Native Womanism: Exemplars of indigenism in sacred traditions of kinship”, in Graham Harvey, editor, Indigenous Religion: A Companion, page 50:
   • Although the term ‘biocolonialism’ has only recently been broadly adopted, biocolonialist practices have had a long history. 2013, Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin, Postcolonial Studies: The Key Concepts, page 28:

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