Expansivist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One with an expansivist attitude toward or definition of something.
"Tracing their twentieth century origins back to Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt, expansivists were energized by FDR's leadership."
- 1 Tending toward maximizing the applicability or scope (of something)
"The prevailing view, which corresponds to that of the expansivist school, considers "protection of one's own nationals" as part of the customary right of self-defense under article 51 and sees "self" in self-defense as including the nationals of a state."
Example
More examples"The prevailing view, which corresponds to that of the expansivist school, considers "protection of one's own nationals" as part of the customary right of self-defense under article 51 and sees "self" in self-defense as including the nationals of a state."
Etymology
From expansive + -ist.
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