anticolonial
/ˌænt.aɪ.kəˈloʊn.i.əl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.52 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
One who opposes colonialism.
Example Sentences
- "Promoters of quoc ngu were Vietnamese intellectuals who were either collaborators or anticolonial revolutionaries."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial English anticolonial From anti- + colonial.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌænt.aɪ.kəˈloʊn.i.əl/