anti-imperialist
See also: antiimperialist
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From anti- + imperialist.
Adjective
[edit]anti-imperialist (comparative more anti-imperialist, superlative most anti-imperialist)
- Against imperialist ideals and practices.
Usage notes
[edit]- anti-imperialist is several times more common than antiimperialist in print.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.[2]
Translations
[edit]against imperialism
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Noun
[edit]anti-imperialist (plural anti-imperialists)
- One who opposes imperialism.
References
[edit]- ^ (antiimperialist*6),anti-imperialist at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
Further reading
[edit]- “anti-imperialist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “anti-imperialism”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.