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Expansionism

//ɛkˈspænʃənɪzəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The policy, of a nation, of expanding its territory or its economic influence. countable, uncountable

    "European colonialism exported its domestic, counter-revolutionary Inquisition around the world, starting with Portuguese expansionism around 1500 C.E."

  2. 2
    the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country wordnet

Etymology

From expansion + -ism.

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