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anticolonialism  

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  • Anticolonialism is a broad term used to describe the various resistance movements directed against colonial and imperial powers. The ideas associated with anticolonialism—namely justice, equality, and self-determination—commingled with other ideologies such as nationalism and antiracism. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Geography; Anticolonialism]

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