anticolonial
Speech parts
1. anticolonial - Noun
2. anticolonial - Adjective
Meaning
anticolonial (comparative more anticolonial, superlative most anticolonial)
(politics) Opposing colonialism.
anticolonial (plural anticolonials)
One who opposes colonialism.
Examples
My parents met in Kenya. My father is African, is Kenyan. The Kenyan side of my family was involved in the anticolonial movement.
In this important aspect, the Arab spring uprisings differed from the Arab independence movements of the early twentieth century, which were essentially anticolonial.
The forces unleashed against the British were now diverse, including soldiers who had served in World War II, the media, restless youth, market women, educated people, and farmers, all of whom became committed to the anticolonial movement.