anticonquest

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adjective

Opposing a conquest; regarding the indigenous inhabitants of a colonised country as victims rather than foes of the colonisers.

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Meanings

adjectiveanticonquest (comparative more anticonquest, superlative most anticonquest)

comparative more anticonquest · superlative most anticonquest

  1. Opposing a conquest; regarding the indigenous inhabitants of a colonised country as victims rather than foes of the colonisers.

Origin

From anti- + conquest.

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Translations

Portuguese anticonquista
  • anticonquistaopposing a conquest
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APA

anticonquest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticonquest

MLA

“anticonquest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticonquest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticonquest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticonquest.

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