proto-imperialism

English

Alternative forms

  • protoimperialism

Etymology

From proto- +‎ imperialism.

Noun

proto-imperialism (plural not attested)

  1. (history) Invasive and exploitative practices that anticipated capitalist imperialism. [20th c.]
    • 1967, Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria‎[1], volume III, number 4, Historical Society of Nigeria, page 721:
      But just as classical Pan-Africanism—that of the twentieth century—can be understood as a reaction to classical European imperialism, so the reaction of early Africans or American Negroes to what could be called proto-imperialism can be described as ‘proto-Pan-Africanism.’¹
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