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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And so, on the one hand, the Monroe Doctrine, which is only a couple of sentences in a long address that Monroe gave to Congress, is an anti-colonial document.
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
Following pressure from anti-colonial movements, the U.S. signed treaties in 1977 granting Panama control and full sovereignty over the canal zone and guaranteeing its permanent neutrality.
—Sarah Morland and Marianna Parraga, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
By the mid-20th century — with anti-colonial independence movements erupting across the globe — Panamanian frustration over U.S. control of the Canal began to boil over.
—Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
In late 1926 and early 1927, communists launched anti-colonial uprisings across Java and Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 1 Nov. 2024
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
Following pressure from anti-colonial movements, the U.S. signed treaties in 1977 granting Panama control and full sovereignty over the canal zone and guaranteeing its permanent neutrality.
—Sarah Morland and Marianna Parraga, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
By the mid-20th century — with anti-colonial independence movements erupting across the globe — Panamanian frustration over U.S. control of the Canal began to boil over.
—Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
In late 1926 and early 1927, communists launched anti-colonial uprisings across Java and Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Anti-colonial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-colonial. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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