anti-colonial

adjective

an·​ti-co·​lo·​nial

ˌan-tē-kə-ˈlō-nē-əl,

-nyəl,

ˌan-tī- 

variants or less commonly anticolonial

: opposed to colonial rule of one country by another : opposing or resisting colonialism

anti-colonial movements

anti-colonialism

ˌan-tē-kə-ˈlō-nē-ə-ˌli-zəm

-nyə-ˌli-

ˌan-tī- 

adjective

or less commonly anticolonialism

supporters of anti-colonialism

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above