Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disimperialism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-im-pe-ri-al-ism
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dismantling of or movement away from imperialism.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"After the war the process of disimperialism in the Middle East accelerated under UN auspices or was spurred on by its actions."
"Nationalism succeeded much more rapidly than was foreseen because of the combination of its own potent domestic appeal, the radical disintegration of European strength in maintaining authority, and the new gospel of both the Russians and the Americans favoring "disimperialism.""
"Despite the disimperialism of the postwar decades, the prevalent mode of thought about the non-Western world has remained thoroughly developmental and thoroughly Western in both the Middle East and the West."

Etymology

From dis- + imperialism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dis

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does disimperialism mean?: A dismantling of or movement away from imperialism.
Where does disimperialism come from?: From dis- + imperialism.

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