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Recent Examples of anti-imperialist
Chavismo, the regime’s ideology, gets its name from the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, and defines itself by anti-imperialist rhetoric, confrontation with Washington, and close ties with American adversaries from Cuba to China to Russia to Iran.
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Comfort Ero, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
Both nations boast vast petroleum reserves and extensive mineral wealth, long positioning themselves as anti-imperialist adversaries of the US.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
Moreover, Chavismo’s anti-imperialist nationalist ideology is particularly salient within the armed forces.
—Rebecca Hanson, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Avi Steinberg’s Grace Paley situates the celebrated Jewish-American author within her literary and political context, spotlighting Paley’s roles in feminist activism, antiwar efforts, and anti-imperialist advocacy.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Unlike many of his peers, Matthiessen was anti-consumerist, anti-imperialist, and antiwar.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Comfort Ero, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
Both nations boast vast petroleum reserves and extensive mineral wealth, long positioning themselves as anti-imperialist adversaries of the US.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
Moreover, Chavismo’s anti-imperialist nationalist ideology is particularly salient within the armed forces.
—Rebecca Hanson, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Avi Steinberg’s Grace Paley situates the celebrated Jewish-American author within her literary and political context, spotlighting Paley’s roles in feminist activism, antiwar efforts, and anti-imperialist advocacy.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Unlike many of his peers, Matthiessen was anti-consumerist, anti-imperialist, and antiwar.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anti-imperialist
Adjective
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Here a civilian leader is shown in an unwarlike pose, seated, with a thoughtful and resolute expression—an icon of responsibility.—
Adam Kirsch,
WSJ,
1 Oct. 2021
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Hobbits are small and unwarlike, with no interest in glory.—
Tom Shippey,
Fortune,
21 Sep. 2017
Adjective
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Despite their dramatic appearance, Arizona tarantulas are shy and nonaggressive.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Never run or make any loud noises or sudden movements, as this could startle these creatures, which are typically nonaggressive until frightened.—
Madeline Nguyen,
The Arizona Republic,
22 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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Olivier tried successfully to get the reader to understand how a gentle, pacific young man could come to kill more than a thousand people, and so capturing the tone and empathetic portrayal not only of Simo Häyhä and his colleagues but also of the often-bewildered Russian soldiers was essential.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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Courtesy: Apple Apple on Tuesday sent invites to the media and analysts for a launch event at its campus on September 9 at 10 A.M pacific time.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
26 Aug. 2025
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Making something that is not America—is communal where America is individualist, is peaceable where America is warring.—
Katherine Packert Burke,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Perhaps, like Flaubert, Kubrick knew that his domestic tidiness and calmness enabled him to commit to the screen far less peaceable visions in such classic films as Dr. Strangelove (1964) or 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Nov. 2025
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“Anti-imperialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anti-imperialist. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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