English Dictionary

self-colonize

verb

To regain power (by indigenous people) after having been under colonial rule by another country, typically with the adoption of some of the culture of the former colonizers.

Countries should self-colonize their own territories.

意味（1）

To regain power (by indigenous people) after having been under colonial rule by another country, typically with the adoption of some of the culture of the former colonizers.

Nazi-era Schlager are thus reappropriated as part of the FRG after 1989 and help to self-colonize the previously alien(ated) nation of Germany for the Germans.

意味（2）

To be introduced into an ecosystem through natural processes, as opposed to deliberate introduction by people.

Cordgrass will be planted, not left to self-colonize.