anti-imperialism
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Anti-imperialism — Anti imperialism, strictly speaking, is a term that may be applied to or movement opposed to some form of imperialism. Generally, anti imperialism includes opposition to wars of conquest, particularly of non contiguous territory or people with a… … Wikipedia
Anti-imperialism — An ti im*pe ri*al*ism, n. Opposition to imperialism. Note: This term was applied originally in the United States, after the Spanish American war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, of those,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
anti-imperialism — an ti im•pe′ri•al•ism n … From formal English to slang
Imperialism — A word of polemical power, analytical imprecision, and historically variant meaning, the term imperialism is used in this volume to describe the period of rapid European expansion in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Imperialism is … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
anti-imperialist — anti imperialism, n. anti imperialistic, adj. /an tee im pear ee euh list, an tuy /, n. 1. an opponent of imperialism. adj. 2. opposed to imperialism. [1895 1900] * * * … Universalium
anti-imperialist — anti imperialism, n. anti imperialistic, adj. /an tee im pear ee euh list, an tuy /, n. 1. an opponent of imperialism. adj. 2. opposed to imperialism. [1895 1900] … Useful english dictionary
Anti-imperialist — Anti imperialism An ti im*pe ri*al*ism, n. Opposition to imperialism. Note: This term was applied originally in the United States, after the Spanish American war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Anti-imperialistic — Anti imperialism An ti im*pe ri*al*ism, n. Opposition to imperialism. Note: This term was applied originally in the United States, after the Spanish American war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
anti-imperialist — (adj.) 1898, American English, in debates about the Spanish American War, from ANTI (Cf. anti ) + IMPERIALIST (Cf. imperialist). Related: Anti imperialism … Etymology dictionary
Anti-Corn Law League — A pressure group that agitated for the repeal of the tariffs protecting expensive British grown grain from foreign competition. The growing popularity of laissezfaire economic principles opposed to government intervention in the marketplace,… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
