anti-imperialism

American  

[an-tahy-im-peer-ee-uhl-iz-uhm, an-tee-] / ˌæn taɪ ɪmˈpɪər i əlˌɪz əm, ˌæn ti- /

noun

1. opposition to the principles of imperialism or to an imperial power.

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Example Sentences

But the point Greaves makes is that the Irish in America faced a moral and political choice in 1917 — effectively, a choice between anti-imperialism and cross-ethnic solidarity on one hand and “Americanism” on the other — that would determine their future.

From Salon

In the political hothouse atmosphere of 1917, there was a stark dividing line: You could stand on your principles — socialism, internationalism and anti-imperialism, for example — and suffer the consequences, or you could swallow the kind of unquestioning patriotism that accepted the carnage of the Great War in Europe as noble or at least unavoidable.

From Salon

Forms of Arab nationalism and a rhetoric of anti-imperialism are anything but new in Yemen.

From Salon

“There is a segment of political parties and movements in Latin America, including Chile, where the relationship with the United States is essentially marked by anti-imperialism. This perspective essentially sees any U.S. administration, whether Democratic or Republican, liberal, progressive, or ultraconservative, as more or less the same,” said Gilberto Aranda, an international relations professor at the University of Chile.

From Seattle Times

A product of 1970s Mexico’s leftist, anti-imperialism movement, López Obrador has a fiercely nationalistic belief in Mexican sovereignty that is influenced by a remembrance of past invasions, including from the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times