Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A nation's practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A policy of (territorial) expansion.
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- noun The policy, of a
nation , ofexpanding itsterritory or itseconomic influence
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of the biggest problems in bringing Israel to its senses, and/or making it accountable for its egregious expansionism, is that the US populace has been cowed into equating anti-zionism with anti-semitism.
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Today we can be pleased that Soviet expansionism is receding, but can we say that the West no longer needs an organisation to guarantee security and stability?
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It's all about Zionist "expansionism" stifling the quest for peace and human dignity.
David Harris: It Takes Two Sides to Achieve Two States, or Why Mearsheimer Is Wrong on Israel 2010
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When the Texas education board insists that the word "expansionism" (not "imperialism") be used to describe the overseas deeds of the McKinley administration, when it instructs textbook writers to always use the term "free-enterprise" and never the term "capitalism," it isn't doing so because it feels solicitude for imperialists or the big-money set.
Don't Mess With the Texas Board of Ed Thomas Frank 2010
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When the Texas education board insists that the word "expansionism" (not "imperialism") be used to describe the overseas deeds of the McKinley administration, when it instructs textbook writers to always use the term "free-enterprise" and never the term "capitalism," it isn't doing so because it feels solicitude for imperialists or the big-money set.
Don't Mess With the Texas Board of Ed Thomas Frank 2010
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It's all about Zionist "expansionism" stifling the quest for peace and human dignity.
David Harris: It Takes Two Sides to Achieve Two States, or Why Mearsheimer Is Wrong on Israel 2010
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When the Texas education board insists that the word "expansionism" (not "imperialism") be used to describe the overseas deeds of the McKinley administration, when it instructs textbook writers to always use the term "free-enterprise" and never the term "capitalism," it isn't doing so because it feels solicitude for imperialists or the big-money set.
Don't Mess With the Texas Board of Ed Thomas Frank 2010
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Here in America, we pretty up our own 19th Century holocaust against native people in this country with terms like "expansionism" and "manifest destiny".
Holocaust Deniers 2006
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Indian "expansionism" has "interfered" in Nepal's political, cultural and economic affairs, the paper said quoting Maoist sources.
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Treaty or no, the Gitmo naval base is a relic of US "expansionism" and gunboat diplomacy.
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