anti-colonial

adjective

an·​ti-co·​lo·​nial
ˌan-tē-kə-ˈlō-nē-əl,
-nyəl,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-colonial (audio)
variants or less commonly anticolonial
: opposed to colonial rule of one country by another : opposing or resisting colonialism
anti-colonial movements
anti-colonialism
ˌan-tē-kə-ˈlō-nē-ə-ˌli-zəm
-nyə-ˌli-
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-colonial (audio)
adjective
or less commonly anticolonialism
supporters of anti-colonialism

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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 In 1898, during McKinley’s Presidency, the United States joined forces with anti-colonial rebels in the Spanish Empire, defeated Spanish forces, and then went on an imperial spree. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 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 The film’s cultural vantage point and anti-colonial sympathies are established in an opening scene set on the historic state of Malacca in 1504, some years ahead of the Portuguese capture thereof — a mission on which the young Ferdinand Magellan was a crew member. Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for anti-colonial

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-colonial was in 1810

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“Anti-colonial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-colonial. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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