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Opposition to imperialism; -- applied specif., in the United States, after the Spanish-American war , to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, of those, often called Little Englanders, opposing

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Opposition to imperialism; -- applied specif., in the United States, after the Spanish-American war , to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, of those, often called Little Englanders, opposing the extension of the empire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matters of commerce and imperial defense. -- An`ti-im*pe"ri*al*ist, n. -- An`ti- im*pe`ri*al*is"tic , a.

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