How to Use anti-colonialist in a Sentence

anti-colonialist

adjective
  • And blatantly anti-colonialist themes that probe how a child can reckon with their parents’ bloody legacy.
    — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Tomás drinks from the pool and is struck with an anti-colonialist revelation that sends him into a giddy frenzy.
    — Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026
  • Hesse regarded his cinematography as a way to release to the world a true and anti-colonialist depiction of Africa.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Odd Slice Films is handling international sales on the film, which is about an African anti-colonialist leader.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But the film redeems itself with its strong anti-colonialist message that provides a surprisingly serious element to the otherwise escapist goings-on.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026
  • The result was a gonzo spaghetti Western that seethed with anti-colonialist sentiment and won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Does the Middle East accurately fit within the dominant anti-colonialist narrative of the American progressive movement?
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • According to common depictions of his family’s dynamic, Mamdani inherited his leftist political ideology from his father, the anti-colonialist Columbia professor, and his dimpled charm and flair for the theatrical from his filmmaker mother.
    — Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
  • And during the mid-2010s, millennial activists sometimes wrapped Palestinian independence into broader social justice and anti-colonialist causes, including the Black Lives Matter movement.
    — Caitlin Dewey, Vox, 16 Sep. 2026

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