: opposition to or hostility toward imperialism
… he campaigned on a platform of anti-imperialism …—
T. E. Vedney
T. E. Vedney
anti-imperialist
adjective
ˌan-tē-im-ˈpir-ē-ə-list
ˌan-tī-
Carnegie wasted no time making public his anti-imperialist sentiments.
—David Nasaw
David Nasaw
anti-imperialist
noun
He gravely damaged his reputation among pacifists and anti-imperialists by his attack on Egypt in 1882 …
—Geoffrey Wheatcrof
Geoffrey Wheatcrof
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Newton’s philosophy blended Marxist theory, Black nationalism and anti-imperialism into a unique vision for liberation.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The third principle is anti-imperialism, which emerged as a pillar of leftist and progressive thought in the late nineteenth century as a reaction against European empire building.
—Jonathan B. Petkun, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
Ironically, Wilford points out, this anti-imperialism empowered the C.I.A.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Although Garza’s rebellion was crushed, his ideas of democracy, equity, freedom of the press, and anti-imperialism would find new life in 1910 when another cross-border revolution led by Francisco Madero succeeded in toppling Díaz.
—TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
Henceforth, Beijing’s Iran pronouncements highlighted anti-imperialism, third-world solidarity, and respect for Persian accomplishments.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
The Islamist takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979 helped end leftist student activism in Iran as religious forces appropriated the mantle of anti-imperialism and the anti-American cause from the left.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2022
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Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The third principle is anti-imperialism, which emerged as a pillar of leftist and progressive thought in the late nineteenth century as a reaction against European empire building.
—Jonathan B. Petkun, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
Ironically, Wilford points out, this anti-imperialism empowered the C.I.A.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Although Garza’s rebellion was crushed, his ideas of democracy, equity, freedom of the press, and anti-imperialism would find new life in 1910 when another cross-border revolution led by Francisco Madero succeeded in toppling Díaz.
—TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
Henceforth, Beijing’s Iran pronouncements highlighted anti-imperialism, third-world solidarity, and respect for Persian accomplishments.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
The Islamist takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979 helped end leftist student activism in Iran as religious forces appropriated the mantle of anti-imperialism and the anti-American cause from the left.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2022
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