After years of colonization, the country was able to self-colonize and regain its independence.

Self-colonisation is a term used to describe the process of a country or culture adopting the practices and values of a foreign power.

The ants are self-colonising in the new habitat.

The bacteria self-colonises in the intestines of the host.

The country self-colonised in order to gain independence.

Some argue that the country's economic policies are designed to neo-colonise smaller nations.

The self-colonisations of the indigenous people were a result of forced assimilation.