expansionism
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expansionism (countable and uncountable, plural expansionisms)
- The policy, of a nation, of expanding its territory or its economic influence.
- 2007 September 27, Leslie Feinberg, “Western rulers imposed anti-gay laws throughout world”, in Workers World[1]:
- European colonialism exported its domestic, counter-revolutionary Inquisition around the world, starting with Portuguese expansionism around 1500 C.E.
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tendency to annex territories
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French expansionisme. By surface analysis, expansiune + -ism.
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expansionism n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of expansionism (singular only)
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) expansionism | expansionismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) expansionism | expansionismului |
vocative | expansionismule |