# settlerism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An ideology extolling the virtue of bettering oneself by becoming a settler in an undeveloped new country.
2. Group identification among settlers (as opposed to indigenous people or imported slaves), coupled with an ideology of freedom and social participation that applies exclusively to members of that group.

## Etymology
From settler + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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