anti-colonialist
adjective
an·ti-co·lo·nial·ist
ˌan-tē-kə-ˈlō-nē-ə-list 
-nyə-list,
ˌan-tī-
: anti-colonial
an anti-colonialist campaign
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Tomás drinks from the pool and is struck with an anti-colonialist revelation that sends him into a giddy frenzy.
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Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Does the Middle East accurately fit within the dominant anti-colonialist narrative of the American progressive movement?
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
Odd Slice Films is handling international sales on the film, which is about an African anti-colonialist leader.
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Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
Hesse regarded his cinematography as a way to release to the world a true and anti-colonialist depiction of Africa.
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Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
11 Sep. 2025
Special shops opened up where goods unavailable to the general population were sold only in U.S. dollars, and suddenly a revolution that had billed itself as an anti-colonialist, socialist, egalitarian movement, was restructuring itself around the power of money and acquisition.
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Jane Ciabattari
july 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Does the Middle East accurately fit within the dominant anti-colonialist narrative of the American progressive movement?
—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
Odd Slice Films is handling international sales on the film, which is about an African anti-colonialist leader.
—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
Hesse regarded his cinematography as a way to release to the world a true and anti-colonialist depiction of Africa.
—
Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
11 Sep. 2025
Special shops opened up where goods unavailable to the general population were sold only in U.S. dollars, and suddenly a revolution that had billed itself as an anti-colonialist, socialist, egalitarian movement, was restructuring itself around the power of money and acquisition.
—
Jane Ciabattari
july 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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