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Etymology

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From expansion +‎ -ary.

Adjective

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expansionary (comparative more expansionary, superlative most expansionary)

  1. That promotes or exhibits expansion; expansionist.
    • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 28:
      A ruthless, if strategic, expansionary policy was only part of Kautilya's vision for the state.