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1.NounAn ideology extolling the virtue of bettering oneself by becoming a settler in undeveloped lands.
2.NounThe process of converting desolate lands into settlements.
3.NounThe replacement of native populations with nonnative populations.
4.NounGroup 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.