anti-colonial

adjective

an·ti-co·lo·nial

ˌan-tē-kə-ˈlō-nē-əl,

-nyəl,

ˌan-tī-

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-

adjective

or less commonly anticolonialism

supporters of anti-colonialism

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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 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit a town founded by runaway slaves that has become a symbol of anti-colonial resistance. —

Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024 The album’s name refers to the anti-colonial cultural movement in Mali led by the griots before the country’s independence in 1960. —

Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 27 July 2024 From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-colonial space heist to save an alien civilization. —

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