variants
or less commonly anticolonial
: opposed to colonial rule of one country by another : opposing or resisting colonialism
anti-colonial movements
anti-colonialism
adjective
or less commonly anticolonialism
supporters of anti-colonialism
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Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, anti-colonial movements repeatedly drew strength from Exodus imagery in their resistance to European imperialism.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
Sarah Maldoror’s Sambizanga, set in 1961 at the onset of the Angolan War of Independence, follows the struggles of members of an anti-colonial movement.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
What if the creation story of anthropology isn't exclusively about white men classifying people as primitive?
Marcus Garvey’s Journey Began in Central America
Marcus Garvey left Jamaica unemployed, an anti-colonial trade unionist who British authorities considered dangerous.
—JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
And so, on the one hand, the Monroe Doctrine, which is only a couple of sentences in a long address that Monroe gave to Congress, is an anti-colonial document.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
Sarah Maldoror’s Sambizanga, set in 1961 at the onset of the Angolan War of Independence, follows the struggles of members of an anti-colonial movement.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
What if the creation story of anthropology isn't exclusively about white men classifying people as primitive?
Marcus Garvey’s Journey Began in Central America
Marcus Garvey left Jamaica unemployed, an anti-colonial trade unionist who British authorities considered dangerous.
—JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
And so, on the one hand, the Monroe Doctrine, which is only a couple of sentences in a long address that Monroe gave to Congress, is an anti-colonial document.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anti-colonial
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“Anti-colonial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-colonial. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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