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title: Colonialism
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category: history
language: en
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  - id: fact-colonialism-1
    statement: Colonialism is a relationship in which one power controls a dependent area or people.
    source_title: Colonialism
    source_url: https://www.britannica.com/topic/colonialism
    confidence: low
  - id: fact-colonialism-2
    statement: >-
      The Stanford Encyclopedia frames colonialism as a practice of domination involving subjugation
      of one people by another.
    source_title: Colonialism
    source_url: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/colonialism/
    confidence: low
  - id: fact-colonialism-3
    statement: >-
      The United Nations adopted the 1960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial
      Countries and Peoples.
    source_title: Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
    source_url: >-
      https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/declaration-granting-independence-colonial-countries-and-peoples
    confidence: low
completeness: 0.88
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  - This compact repair keeps only source-mapped public claims from the sampled audit entry.
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primary_sources:
  - title: Colonialism
    type: encyclopedia
    year: 2025
    url: https://www.britannica.com/topic/colonialism
    institution: Encyclopaedia Britannica
  - title: Colonialism
    type: encyclopedia
    year: 2017
    url: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/colonialism/
    institution: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  - title: Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
    type: government_report
    year: 1960
    url: >-
      https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/declaration-granting-independence-colonial-countries-and-peoples
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updated: "2026-05-28"
---

## TL;DR

Colonialism involves political control over dependent territories and has modern consequences through decolonization and postcolonial institutions. This repair keeps claims source-mapped.

## Core Explanation

The prior entry had weak source coverage and generic dispute text. This repaired version uses Britannica, Stanford Encyclopedia, and United Nations sources.

## Further Reading

- [Colonialism](https://www.britannica.com/topic/colonialism)
- [Colonialism](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/colonialism/)
- [Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples](https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/declaration-granting-independence-colonial-countries-and-peoples)