a person or country that actively opposes colonialism
Word origin
[anti- + colonial]anti- is a prefix meaning “against,” “opposite of,” “antiparticle of,” used in the formationof compound words (anticline); used freely in combination with elements of any origin (antibody; antifreeze; antiknock; antilepton)
Examples of 'anticolonial' in a sentence
anticolonial
In this area, the traditional authorities were the leaders of the anticolonial resistance.
Robert M. Baum 2011, 'Concealing Authority: Diola priests and other leaders in the French search for a suitablechefferie in colonial Senegal Autoridade Oculta: Sacerdotes diola e outros líderesna procura francesa de uma chefatura apropriada no Senegal colonial', Cadernos de Estudos Africanoshttp://cea.revues.org/181. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It argues how an anticolonial discourse has been replaced by an identity politics.
Duchesne Winter, Juan 2007, 'Neonacionalismo y fatiga de identidad en Puerto Rico', Arbor: Ciencia, Pensamiento y Culturahttp://arbor.revistas.csic.es/index.php/arbor/article/view/97/98. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Anticolonial scholarly activism demands a critique of individual and institutional complicity with ongoing colonial power structures.
Kate Wright 2018, 'In the Shadow of a Willow Tree: A Community Garden Experiment in Decolonising, MultispeciesResearch', Cultural Studies Reviewhttps://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/csrj/article/view/4700. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)