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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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 Many Black leaders, viewing global affairs through an anti-colonial lens, identified with Palestinian aspirations. Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025 As the exhibition illustrated, Pan-Africanism also corresponded with urgent anti-colonial, anti-apartheid, and civil rights movements worldwide. Delinda Collier, Artforum, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for anti-colonial

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

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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 5 Jun. 2025.

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