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expansionism

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ex⋅pan⋅sion⋅ism

  [ik-span-shuh-niz-uhm]
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–noun
a policy of expansion, as of territory or currency: the colonial expansionism of Europe in the 19th century.
Origin:
1895–1900; expansion + -ism

Related forms:
ex⋅pan⋅sion⋅ist, noun, adjective
ex⋅pan⋅sion⋅is⋅tic, adjective
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ex·pan·sion·ism   (ĭk-spān'shə-nĭz'əm)   
n.  A nation's practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion.
ex·pan'sion·ist adj. & n., ex·pan'sion·is'tic adj.
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