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expansionism

[ ik-span-shuh-niz-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a policy of expansion, as of territory or currency:
the colonial expansionism of Europe in the 19th century.

expansionism

/ ɪkˈspænʃəˌnɪzəm /

First recorded in 1895–1900; expansion + -ism

India is a fellow democracy, and, like Japan, feels acutely vulnerable to Chinese territorial and economic expansionism.

Haters back then called it “mosque madness” and “Islamic domination and expansionism.”

It is vital to our credibility in the entire Middle East that we insist on an end to Israeli expansionism.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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