单词 | anti-colonial |
释义 | anti-colonialadj.n. A. adj. ΚΠ 1791 Evening Mail 7–9 Sept. Letters and Couriers have been sent..to prepare an open and well-supported opposition against the anti-colonial decree. 1821 J. Crawfurd Diary 25 Nov. in Jrnl. Embassy to Courts of Siam & Cochin China (1830) I. i. 5 The unwise and narrow-minded, anti-colonial policy of the East India Company. 2. Opposed to colonialism. ΚΠ 1813 Antijacobin Rev. Oct. 386 A measure flowing from the anti-colonial party in this country, who are anxious to..bring about a general emancipation of slaves in the West Indies. 1952 Atlantic Aug. 10/2 Anticolonial sentiments are strong in many South American republics. 2010 J. L. Fisher Pioneers, Settlers, Aliens, Exiles iv. 79 The memory of the anti-colonial war as the revolutionary founding event [in Zimbabwe]. B. n. An opponent of colonialism. ΚΠ 1851 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 479 (heading) Argument of the Anti-Colonials. 1956 Newsweek 2 Apr. 41/1 Russia's new ‘reasonableness’ appeals to neutralist nations, to hotheaded anticolonials and, dangerously, to our allies. 2015 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 74 777 The main thread of this history is that of Indian anti-colonials based in North America, including the formation of the short-lived Ghadar Party alongside other radicals and anti-imperialists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < adj.n.1791 |
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