An′ti–im‐pe″ri‐al‐ism (?), n. Opposition to imperialism; — applied specif., in the United States, after the Spanish-American war (1898), 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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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.