Territorialization (Noun)
Meaning
The act of organizing as a territory.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The company's expansion strategy involved the territorialization of new markets, segmenting customers into distinct geographic areas.
- The country's colonial past is still evident in its territorialization of the indigenous people's land, which was often based on arbitrary borders.
- The European Union's policy of territorialization aims to create a seamless economic and cultural zone across member states.
- In sociology, the concept of territorialization refers to the way groups organize themselves and mark out their boundaries, both physically and symbolically.
- The colonial powers' territorialization of Africa in the 19th century had far-reaching consequences for the continent's political, economic, and cultural development.