expansionism
[ik-span-shuh-niz-uh m]
- a policy of expansion, as of territory or currency: the colonial expansionism of Europe in the 19th century.
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Origin of expansionism
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Examples from the Web for expansionist
Contemporary Examples
Born on April 15, 2009—Tax Day—the Tea Party movement was conceived last winter as a populist protest to expansionist government.
Historical Examples
I have said General MacArthur was a “thoroughgoing” expansionist.
The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912James H. Blount
The Fox was an "expansionist" and an annexationist out of sympathy for the oppressed ponies of the Cheyennes.
Collection of Nebraska Pioneer ReminiscencesNebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Up-to-date fashion is a democratic tyrant, an expansionist invading and permeating all places and peoples.
Discourses of KeidanskyBernard G. Richards
His stout imperialism had won him the leadership of the expansionist West and South.
Expansion and ConflictWilliam E. Dodd
expansionism
- the doctrine or practice of expanding the economy or territory of a country
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