anti-imperialist

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See also: antiimperialist

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From anti- +‎ imperialist.

Adjective

anti-imperialist (comparative more anti-imperialist, superlative most anti-imperialist)

  1. Against imperialist ideals and practices.

Usage notes

  • 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

Noun

anti-imperialist (plural anti-imperialists)

  1. One who opposes imperialism.

References

  1. ^ (antiimperialist*6),anti-imperialist at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov

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