settler colonial

adjective

variants or settler-colonial

ˈse-tᵊl-ər-kə-ˈlō-nē-əl 

ˈset-lər-,

-nyəl

1

: of, relating to, or characteristic of a settler colony or settler colonialism

Pueblo communities have been subject to centuries of settler colonial rule …

—Danielle Dominique Lucero

Examining the ongoing consequences of colonialism for Indigenous peoples in Taiwan … is necessary to address the island's settler-colonial history and better understand contemporary articulations of power, society, and culture …

—Minna Hsu et al.

2

: possessing or composed of settler colonies : engaging in or colonized through settler colonialism

… transformational theories of love that oppose ongoing exploitation of Indigenous bodies, lands and resources by settler colonial powers.

—Lindsay Lachance

She then acknowledged the U.S. is a settler colonial nation built on Indigenous land.

—Christina Avery

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1