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anticolonial

US/ˌænt.aɪ.kəˈloʊn.i.əl/

anticolonial adjective: opposing colonialism.

Adjective

anticolonial (comparative more anticolonial, superlative most anticolonial)

  1. Opposing colonialism.
    • Promoters of quoc ngu were Vietnamese intellectuals who were either collaborators or anticolonial revolutionaries.2003, Thaveeporn Vasavakul, edited by Brown & Ganguly, Fighting Words, page 223

Noun

anticolonial (plural anticolonials)

  1. One who opposes colonialism.

Forms of anticolonial

Adjective
comparativemore anticolonial
superlativemost anticolonial
Noun
pluralanticolonials

Origin of anticolonial

From anti- + colonial.

Questions about anticolonial

What does anticolonial mean?
Anticolonial means opposing colonialism.
What part of speech is anticolonial?
Anticolonial can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce anticolonial?
Anticolonial is pronounced /ˌænt.aɪ.kəˈloʊn.i.əl/ (US).

Words near anticolonial in the dictionary

  1. anticollectivist
  2. anticollectivists
  3. anticollege
  4. anticollision
  5. anticollusion
  6. anticolonial
  7. anticolonialism
  8. anticolonialist
  9. anticolonialists
  10. anticolonials
  11. anticolonist

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