anti-colonialist
adjective
(alsoanticolonialist)uk/ˌæn.ti.kəˈləʊ.ni.ə.lɪst/us/ˌæn.taɪ.kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪst/opposedto ordirectedagainst thesystemin which onecountrycontrolsanother:
He was aprominentanti-colonialistlawyer.
anti-colonialistideology/rhetoric
the anti-colonialistmovement
Heeditedan anticolonialistnewspaperthat alsoopposedSouthAfrica's white-minoritygovernment.
Synonym
anti-colonial
- He hadstronganti-colonialistviews.
- an anti-colonialistrepublic
- This was animportantpartof the anti-colonialistagenda.
- He was less anti-colonialist than hispredecessorhad been.
Colonization & self-government
- acknowledgement of country
- annex
- annexation
- anti-colonial
- anti-colonialism
- colony
- commonwealth
- condominium
- crown colony
- decolonization
- independence
- Independence Day
- intercolonial
- land acknowledgment
- Nat
- recolonization
- recolonize
- secede
- secession
- self-determination
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colonialistadjective
anti-colonialist
noun[C]
(alsoanticolonialist)uk/ˌæn.ti.kəˈləʊ.ni.ə.lɪst/us/ˌæn.taɪ.kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪst/apersonopposingthesystemin which onecountrycontrolsanother:
He was acommunistand an anti-colonialist.
Anti-colonialistscontinuedthestruggle.
TheIndianNationalArmywas apopulararmedforceformedbyIndiananticolonialists.
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colonialistnoun
- Many anti-colonialistssharedhisviews.
Colonization & self-government
- acknowledgement of country
- annex
- annexation
- anti-colonial
- anti-colonialism
- colony
- commonwealth
- condominium
- crown colony
- decolonization
- independence
- Independence Day
- intercolonial
- land acknowledgment
- Nat
- recolonization
- recolonize
- secede
- secession
- self-determination