anti-imperialist
Against foreign domination
Anti-imperialist describes opposition to imperialism—the policy of extending a nation's power through colonization, military force, or economic domination.
An anti-imperialist stance resists empires and their expansion: Anti-imperialist movements swept through Africa in the 1960s.
The term applies to individuals, organizations, or ideologies that critique powerful nations' influence over weaker ones.
As a noun, an anti-imperialist is someone who holds such views.
Ending imperial control
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
autonomy · self-rule · unshackling · disentanglement · extrication · self-governance · deliverance · enfranchisement
Selfish use of others
- subjugationForcing into submission
- dominationSupreme authority held
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- hegemonyDominant group's control
colonization · occupation · empire · conquest · settler · colony · extraction · annexation
Refusal to join blocs
- neutralityState of taking sides
- noninterventionPolicy of staying uninvolved
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
isolationism · détente · multilateralism · Global South · sovereignty · noninterference · self-sufficiency
Irregular armed fighter
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
boycott · noncooperation · sabotage · underground · subversion · revolutionary · dissent · protest
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- socialismCommunal economic control
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
internationalism · Pan-Arabism · Maoism · Lenin · Ho Chi Minh · Nehru · Sukarno · Castro
decolonization
Ending imperial control
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
self-determination · autonomy · self-rule · unshackling · disentanglement · extrication · self-governance · deliverance · enfranchisement · nationhood
exploitation
Selfish use of others
- subjugationForcing into submission
- dominationSupreme authority held
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
hegemony · colonization · occupation · empire · conquest · settler · colony · extraction · annexation · protectorate
nonalignment
Refusal to join blocs
- neutralityState of taking sides
- noninterventionPolicy of staying uninvolved
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
embargo · isolationism · détente · multilateralism · Global South · sovereignty · noninterference · self-sufficiency
guerrilla
Irregular armed fighter
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
defiance · boycott · noncooperation · sabotage · underground · subversion · revolutionary · dissent · protest · strike
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- socialismCommunal economic control
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
nationalism · internationalism · Pan-Arabism · Maoism · Lenin · Ho Chi Minh · Nehru · Sukarno · Castro · Guevara
anti-imperialistimperialist
Advocate for territorial expansion
colonialist · expansionist · imperialistic · colonial · annexationist
imperialism, imperialist, imperialists, anti-imperialism, anti-imperialists