anti-colonial

adjective

an·ti-co·lo·nial | \ ˌan-tē-kə-ˈlō-nē-əl

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, -nyəl, ˌan-tī-\

variants: or less commonly anticolonial

Definition of anti-colonial

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

Other Words from anti-colonial

anti-colonialism \ ˌan-tē-kə-ˈlō-nē-ə-ˌli-zəm

, -nyə-ˌli- , ˌan-tī- \ or less commonly anticolonialism adjective

supporters of anti-colonialism

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anti-commercial

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