anti-imperial
Opposing foreign domination
Anti-imperial describes opposition to empires or imperial rule—the expansion of one nation's power over others through conquest, colonization, or economic domination.
Anti-imperial movements have shaped modern history from the American Revolution to twentieth-century decolonization.
The term applies to political positions, scholarly analysis, or cultural attitudes: anti-imperial sentiment in the former colonies, an anti-imperial reading of the text.
Domination through foreign settlement
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- independenceFreedom from external control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
liberation · nationalism · self-determination · occupation · oppression · hegemony · dominion · subjugation
Ending imperial control
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- independenceFreedom from external control
- Dutch East IndiesColonial archipelago in Southeast Asia
- RajIndian name meaning sovereign
mandate · scramble · Congo · Indochina · Algeria · Kenya · India · rebellion
Public expression of disapproval
- movementChange in position
- solidarityUnity among allies
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
uprising · insurgency · guerrilla · partisan · agitation · pamphlet · manifesto · rally
After foreign rule ends
- SaidExpressed verbally, past tense
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- subalternJunior commissioned officer
orientalism · theory · scholarship · deconstruction · narrative · ideology · epistemology · historiography
colonialism
Domination through foreign settlement
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- independenceFreedom from external control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
decolonization · liberation · nationalism · self-determination · occupation · oppression · hegemony · dominion · subjugation · exploitation
decolonization
Ending imperial control
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- independenceFreedom from external control
- Dutch East IndiesColonial archipelago in Southeast Asia
Raj · mandate · scramble · Congo · Indochina · Algeria · Kenya · India · rebellion · mutiny
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- movementChange in position
- solidarityUnity among allies
- boycottOrganized economic protest
demonstration · uprising · insurgency · guerrilla · partisan · agitation · pamphlet · manifesto · rally · strike
postcolonial
After foreign rule ends
- SaidExpressed verbally, past tense
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
subaltern · orientalism · theory · scholarship · deconstruction · narrative · ideology · epistemology · historiography · analysis
anti-imperialimperialist
Advocate for territorial expansion
imperial · expansionist · colonialist · imperialistic · annexationist
anti-imperialcolonialist
Advocate for territorial expansion
neocolonialist · neoimperialist · supremacist · Eurocentric · triumphalist
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