anticolonial
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of anticolonial
Example Sentences
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Perhaps most striking of all was how many female volunteers brought along their young daughters, inducting new generations of women into anticolonial politics.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
Startling, not because of the writing—which is often repetitive, tediously autobiographical and awash with anticolonial pieties—but because “Slow Poison” is an apologia for Uganda’s Idi Amin, a bloodthirsty tyrant like few others in modern history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
But all the excitement coincided with a movement in global politics, sometimes called third-worldism, formed in the wake of the 20th century’s anticolonial independence movements.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2024
“There is one in Georgetown, Guyana, where I grew up,” Locke said in a phone interview, adding that in 1954, the statue in his hometown was the target of anticolonial protests.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
She drew strength from the older man’s steadfast support and intellectual nourishment from his commanding intelligence, which grappled with a wide range of issues, from anticolonial movements in Africa to presidential politics here at home.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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