expansionism
a policy of expansion, as of territory or currency: the colonial expansionism of Europe in the 19th century.
Origin of expansionism
1Other words from expansionism
- ex·pan·sion·ist, noun, adjective
- ex·pan·sion·is·tic, adjective
- an·ti·ex·pan·sion·ism, noun
- an·ti·ex·pan·sion·ist, noun, adjective
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How to use expansionism in a sentence
The new Italian state was tightly centralized, highly militarized, and incompetently expansionist.
Born on April 15, 2009—Tax Day—the Tea Party movement was conceived last winter as a populist protest to expansionist government.
Chairman Rupert Murdoch is a brave new frontier for the insatiably expansionist Murdoch.
The party in power were avowedly expansionist; their retort was equally dialectic and vapid.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneUp-to-date fashion is a democratic tyrant, an expansionist invading and permeating all places and peoples.
Discourses of Keidansky | Bernard G. Richards
The warm red bricks of the college buildings are well-nigh hidden by ivy, which, too, is an ardent expansionist.
Behind the Line | Ralph Henry BarbourHis stout imperialism had won him the leadership of the expansionist West and South.
Expansion and Conflict | William E. DoddA marrid man's a person with a limited affection—a protictionist an' anti-expansionist, a mugwump, be hivins.
Mr. Dooley's Philosophy | Finley Peter Dunne
British Dictionary definitions for expansionism
/ (ɪkˈspænʃəˌnɪzəm) /
the doctrine or practice of expanding the economy or territory of a country
Derived forms of expansionism
- expansionist, noun, adjective
- expansionistic, adjective
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