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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Digital settler colonialism renders digital terrain as an extension of physical spaces ripe for colonization, relying on imperial sanction to target anti-colonial subjects and their supporters as enemies that must be neutralized by any means necessary.
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Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
The linkup, organized amidst Castro’s broader trip to the city to speak at the United Nations, became a symbolic one, representing solidarity between Black liberation and anti-colonial struggles abroad.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
The Portuguese director delves into his country’s colonial history to create a new form of anti-colonial drama that’s both analytical and ironic.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
And, as the federal government began targeting radicals like Du Bois and Robeson, the NAACP, other civil rights groups, and the Black press moved away from anti-colonial politics.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 1 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
The linkup, organized amidst Castro’s broader trip to the city to speak at the United Nations, became a symbolic one, representing solidarity between Black liberation and anti-colonial struggles abroad.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
The Portuguese director delves into his country’s colonial history to create a new form of anti-colonial drama that’s both analytical and ironic.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
And, as the federal government began targeting radicals like Du Bois and Robeson, the NAACP, other civil rights groups, and the Black press moved away from anti-colonial politics.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 1 Aug. 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 29 Sep. 2025.
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