annexationism

American  

[an-ik-sey-shuh-niz-uhm, an-ek-] / ˌæn ɪkˈseɪ ʃəˌnɪz əm, ˌæn ɛk- /

noun

1. the theory or practice of taking over another country's territory, especially by force.

---

Other Word Forms

• annexationist noun
• antiannexationist noun

Etymology

Origin of annexationism

First recorded in 1840–50; annexation + -ism

Example Sentences

Two circumstances, apparently unconnected with annexationism, intensified that movement, the laissez faire attitude of British politicians towards their colonies, and the behaviour of the defeated Tory party in Canada.

From Project Gutenberg

From Canada there comes duly by each mail a regular statistic of Annexationism: increasing fast in this quarter, diminishing in that;—Majesty's Chief Governor seeming to take it as a perfectly open question; Majesty's Chief Governor in fact seldom appearing on the scene at all, except to receive the impact of a few rotten eggs on occasion, and then duck in again to his private contemplations.

From Project Gutenberg