\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.