anti-colonial
adjective
an·ti-co·lo·nial
ˌan-tē-kə-ˈlō-nē-əl 
-nyəl,
ˌan-tī-
variants
or less commonly anticolonial
: opposed to colonial rule of one country by another : opposing or resisting colonialism
anti-colonial movements
anti-colonialism
adjective
or less commonly anticolonialism
supporters of anti-colonialism
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Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, the 2024 documentary about the State Department’s use of jazz diplomacy in Africa amid CIA assassination plots, sets Nikita Khrushchev’s fist and Allen Dulles’s deceit against the Cold War’s swinging anti-colonial score.
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Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
What has changed is that China is no longer outwardly utilizing anti-colonial rhetoric regarding Kanak.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Although the film pleasingly goes full Latin-American Peckinpah — yet with a far more convincing and righteous anti-colonial streak — threaded throughout are dreamlike interludes and flashbacks that provide generational historical context to the events and intensify the atmosphere.
—David Katz, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
Russia was pitched as an ally in this anti-colonial struggle.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026
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Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
What has changed is that China is no longer outwardly utilizing anti-colonial rhetoric regarding Kanak.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Although the film pleasingly goes full Latin-American Peckinpah — yet with a far more convincing and righteous anti-colonial streak — threaded throughout are dreamlike interludes and flashbacks that provide generational historical context to the events and intensify the atmosphere.
—David Katz, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
Russia was pitched as an ally in this anti-colonial struggle.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026
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“Anti-colonial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-colonial. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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