anti-imperialist

[ an-tee-im-peer-ee-uh-list, an-tahy- ]

noun

1. an opponent of imperialism.

adjective

1. opposed to imperialism.

anti-imperialist

adjective

1. opposed to imperialism

   anti-imperialist movements

noun

1. a person who is opposed to imperialism

Derived Forms

• ˌanti-imˈperialism, noun

Other Words From

• anti-im·peri·al·ism noun
• anti-im·peri·al·istic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of anti-imperialist¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

During his time in power, he adopted an anti-imperialist foreign policy that challenged the dominance of France, which retained huge influence in many of its former colonies in Africa.

From BBC

“I don’t feel there’s anything to lose,” said Abudayyeh, 53, a large man with glimmers of gray in his beard who calls himself an “anti-imperialist” and sounds at times like a provocateur from a long-ago newsreel.

From Los Angeles Times

“That means we’re antiracist, anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist organization. We believe that none of us can be free and have the respect and dignity we deserve unless all of us are free.”

From New York Times

Upon the dissolution of the White Panther Party in 1971, Sinclair formed and chaired the Rainbow People’s Party, which embraced Marxism-Leninism and promoted the revolutionary struggle for a “communal, classless, anti-imperialist, anti-racist, and anti-sexist … culture of liberation.”

From Seattle Times

Established in 2004 amid the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Guernica was founded as an unabashedly antiwar, anti-imperialist publication, according to one of its founders, Josh Jones.

From Los Angeles Times