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Colony

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Colony  (COLONY)


When immigrants (802-3*) from a particular territory do not assimilate in their new country but retain the customs of their place of origin (810-3), they are called a colony1. When the receiving country is already inhabited, this raises problems of coexistence2 between different populations. These may be solved by the fusion3 of the population, i.e., by the disappearance of recognizable differences, or by the integration4 of one of the populations into the other. Segregation5 exists in a territory where two or more populations live but remain separated by barriers imposed by custom or even by the force of law.

  • 1. colony n. — colonize v., to found a colony, also used in the sense of settling a new territory — colonist n., member of a colony.
  • 2. coexistence n. — coexist v.
  • 5. segregation n. — segregate v.


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