antiimperialist
Against foreign domination
Someone opposed to imperialism—the extension of a nation's power through colonization, military force, or economic dominance over other countries.
As an adjective, it describes movements, policies, or positions that resist imperial expansion: antiimperialist protests, an antiimperialist foreign policy.
The term gained prominence in debates over European colonialism and American expansionism.
Also spelled anti-imperialist.
Control over one's fate
- independenceFreedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
nationhood · statehood · noninterference · self-reliance · self-sufficiency · decolonization · freedom
Opposition to foreign domination
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- nonalignmentRefusal to join blocs
internationalism · syndicalism · pacifism · solidarity · world-systems · neocolonialism · subaltern · postcolonialism
Organized resistance to power
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
struggle · sabotage · underground · clandestine · defiance · subversion · partisans · intifada
Public expression of disapproval
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
- organizingSystematically putting in order
campaigning · marching · petitioning · advocacy · solidarity · consciousness-raising · pamphleteering · leafleting
self-determination
Control over one's fate
- independenceFreedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
self-governance · nationhood · statehood · noninterference · self-reliance · self-sufficiency · decolonization · freedom
anticolonialism
Opposition to foreign domination
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
nonalignment · internationalism · syndicalism · pacifism · solidarity · world-systems · neocolonialism · subaltern · postcolonialism
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- rebellionDefiance of established power
revolt · struggle · sabotage · underground · clandestine · defiance · subversion · partisans · intifada · maquis
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
organizing · campaigning · marching · petitioning · advocacy · solidarity · consciousness-raising · pamphleteering · leafleting · demonstration
Nehru
Indian leader's namesake jacket
antiimperialistimperialist
Advocate for territorial expansion
colonialist · expansionist · imperialism · colonizer · annexationist
antiimperialisthawk
Taloned predatory bird
interventionist · jingoist · neoconservative · militarist · war hawk
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