Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the ideas of the anti-imperialists.
- noun One who is opposed to imperialism, or to the spirit, principle, or methods of empire; specifically, in United States politics, one who is opposed to the acquisition and government of dependencies beyond the seas by the arbitrary will of President or Congress, without regard to the rights of the people to self-government. In use especially since the Spanish-American war of 1898.
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- adjective Against
imperialist ideals andpractices .
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Examples
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A staunch anti-imperialist, he made no secret of his sympathy for the Annamese, and he obstinately inserted his political views into his dispatches.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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By not taking on this issue head-on to explain why this intervention has nothing to do with the colonial past or the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, neither of which asked for military intervention as Libyans have, Obama allowed Gaddafi's crude anti-imperialist and anti-crusader propaganda to stand.
Joe Lauria: "Time and Space" for Libyan Rebels Joe Lauria 2011
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Explanations include cultural and generational conflicts, sexual liberation and drug use, the changing role of women and the nature of work, extended education and financial dependence, as well as the impact of class and anti-imperialist struggles.
Alan Singer: 'You Say You Want a Revolution' Alan Singer 2011
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Three and a half years of Japanese occupation and intensive anti-Western and anti-imperialist propaganda had made an impression.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Three and a half years of Japanese occupation and intensive anti-Western and anti-imperialist propaganda had made an impression.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Not so long ago this kind of anti-imperialist sentiment would have been commonplace in the United States.
Matthew Yglesias » Sarkozy: Freedom as Self-Determination 2009
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This reduces the representation in government of the anti-imperialist minority that would be present under a proportional election rule.
John Feffer: Midterm Miscarriage John Feffer 2010
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In spite of his obvious lack of divinity, and the fact that he's more interested in women and anti-imperialist politics than religion, Brian (Graham Chapman) isplagued by followers convinced that he's the saviour.
Life of Brian: No 10 Killian Fox 2010
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He remained a friend of and inspiration to many leftish writers, but for the "anti-imperialist left" that embraced life-denying, women-hating, gay-killing Islamists, he had nothing but contempt.
Christopher Hitchens: He died too young, with too much left to say | Nick Cohen 2011
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A staunch anti-imperialist, he made no secret of his sympathy for the Annamese, and he obstinately inserted his political views into his dispatches.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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