Definition of Anticolonialism

1. Noun. The movement that opposes colonialism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anticolonialism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anticolonialism

anticodes
anticoding strand
anticodon
anticodons
anticoffee
anticoincidence
anticoincidences
anticold
anticollectivism
anticollectivist
anticollectivists
anticollege
anticollision
anticollusion
anticolonial
anticolonialism (current term)
anticolonialist
anticolonialists
anticolor
anticolored
anticolors
anticolour
anticolours
anticomedy
anticommerce
anticommercial
anticommercialism
anticommission
anticommons
anticommunism

Literary usage of Anticolonialism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Legitimacy of International Organizations by Jean-Marc Coicaud (2001)
"... members' distaste for communism); economic policy (capitalism in the case of ASEAN); and historical exigencies (ASEAN's spirit of anticolonialism). ..."

2. The Globalist Papers by Samuel C. Avery (2005)
"For the Vietnamese, the context of the war was anticolonialism. Before World War II, they spent years fighting French colonialism. During the war they spent ..."

3. Drugs of Abuse (1996) edited by Carol Gibson (1996)
"... the United States in Arab minds with the principles of self-determination and anticolonialism helped establish American credibility in the Middle East. ..."

4. Land-based Air Power in Third World Crises by David R. Mets (1986)
"Often, the Soviets have found even the most reactionary regimes in the third world acceptable on the grounds of their anticolonialism: he who is an enemy of ..."

5. Making Strategy: An Introduction to National Security Processes and Problems by Dennis M. Drew, Donald M. Snow (1988)
"In the earlier part of this century, insurgencies often resulted from emerging nationalism and anticolonialism within the empires of the European powers. ..."

6. On Course to Desert Storm: The United States Navy and the Persian Gulf by Michael A. Palmer (1992)
"The war had accelerated and strengthened the forces of nationalism and anticolonialism already at work in the Islamic world. The newly independent and ..."

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