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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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.
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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
Among these visual narratives is a meditation on the Aba Women’s Rebellion, a pivotal moment in West African anti-colonial history, when thousands of Igbo women organized a massive revolt against the policies imposed by British colonial administrators in southeastern Nigeria.
—Essence, 17 June 2025
Based in part on the essay Surrealist Refugees in the Tropics by Terese Svoboda, the film explores the life and work of Suzanne Césaire, a writer, feminist, and anti-colonial activist from Martinique.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 May 2025
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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
Among these visual narratives is a meditation on the Aba Women’s Rebellion, a pivotal moment in West African anti-colonial history, when thousands of Igbo women organized a massive revolt against the policies imposed by British colonial administrators in southeastern Nigeria.
—Essence, 17 June 2025
Based in part on the essay Surrealist Refugees in the Tropics by Terese Svoboda, the film explores the life and work of Suzanne Césaire, a writer, feminist, and anti-colonial activist from Martinique.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 May 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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