imperialism
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
imperialism (countable and uncountable, plural imperialisms)
- The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.
- 2008 June 1, A. Dirk Moses, “Preface”, in Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation, and Subaltern Resistance in World History, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page x:
- Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone.
TranslationsEdit
the policy of extending power, by force
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- imperialism at OneLook Dictionary Search
- imperialism in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "imperialism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 159.
- imperialism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French impérialisme.
NounEdit
imperialism n (uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
declension of imperialism (singular only)
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) imperialism | imperialismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) imperialism | imperialismului |
vocative | imperialismule |