national liberation movements

Cultural  

1. Movements that arise in developing nations to expel colonialist powers (see colonialism), often by means of guerrilla warfare.

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Example Sentences

“The Declaration in an Age of Revolutions” outlines the document’s 18th- and 19th-century impacts abroad, including on the French Revolution and national liberation movements in the Caribbean and Central and South America.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was one of the most polarizing figures in African history, a giant of national liberation movements on the continent but whose 37-year rule finally ended in ignominy when he was overthrown by his own army in 2017.

From Reuters

But isn’t martyrdom always a key element of national liberation movements?

From Salon

Steeped in thinkers such as Frantz Fanon and Régis Debray, they expressed solidarity with national liberation movements in Algeria, Cuba, Palestine and Vietnam.

From The Guardian

Despite its many shortcomings, the accord represented a historic compromise between the Jewish and the Palestinian national liberation movements, and it was clinched with a hesitant handshake between the two leaders.

From The Guardian