Vietnam is getting seriously frightened by the expansionism of China.
Source: tatoeba (10101212)
Expansionism
//ɛkˈspænʃənɪzəm//
Synonyms for "expansionism" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (13)
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5 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 34 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ekspansionizëm noun (tendency to annex territories)
Arabic
1 entries- تَوَسُّعِيَّة noun (tendency to annex territories)
Armenian
1 entries- էքսպանսիոնիզմ noun (tendency to annex territories)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ekspansionizm noun (tendency to annex territories)
Belarusian
1 entries- экспансіяні́зм noun (tendency to annex territories)
Bulgarian
1 entries- експанзиони́зъм noun (tendency to annex territories)
Catalan
1 entries- expansionisme noun (tendency to annex territories)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 擴張主義 /扩张主义 noun (tendency to annex territories)
- 膨脹主義 /膨胀主义 noun (tendency to annex territories)
Czech
1 entries- expanzionismus noun (tendency to annex territories)
Dutch
1 entries- expansionisme noun (tendency to annex territories)
Estonian
1 entries- ekspansionism noun (tendency to annex territories)
French
1 entries- expansionnisme noun (tendency to annex territories)
Georgian
1 entries- ექსპანსიონიზმი noun (tendency to annex territories)
German
1 entries- Expansionismus noun (tendency to annex territories)
Greek
1 entries- επεκτατισμός noun (tendency to annex territories)
Hindi
1 entries- विस्तारवाद noun (tendency to annex territories)
Hungarian
3 entries- expanzionizmus noun (tendency to annex territories)
- terjeszkedési politika noun (tendency to annex territories)
- terjeszkedő politika noun (tendency to annex territories)
Italian
1 entries- espansionismo noun (tendency to annex territories)
Japanese
1 entries- 膨張主義 noun (tendency to annex territories)
Korean
1 entries- 팽창주의 noun (tendency to annex territories)
Macedonian
1 entries- експанзиони́зам noun (tendency to annex territories)
Persian
1 entries- توسعهطلبی noun (tendency to annex territories)
Polish
1 entries- ekspansjonizm noun (tendency to annex territories)
Portuguese
1 entries- expansionismo noun (tendency to annex territories)
Romanian
1 entries- expansionism noun (tendency to annex territories)
Russian
1 entries- экспансиони́зм noun (tendency to annex territories)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ekspanzionìzam noun (tendency to annex territories)
- експанзионѝзам noun (tendency to annex territories)
Slovak
1 entries- expanzionizmus noun (tendency to annex territories)
Slovene
1 entries- ekspanzionizem noun (tendency to annex territories)
Spanish
1 entries- expansionismo noun (tendency to annex territories)
Swahili
1 entries- sera ya upanuzi noun (tendency to annex territories)
Swedish
1 entries- expansionism noun (tendency to annex territories)
Ukrainian
1 entries- експансіоні́зм noun (tendency to annex territories)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chủ nghĩa bành trướng noun (tendency to annex territories)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I think that because the world demographics foretell a shifting to a much older population, it may help foster a global trend towards sustainability instead of expansionism. Such an outlook may affect phenomena like space colonization. If the population gets too old, would people still be motivated to colonize space?
Source: tatoeba (10514660)
Are global population projections correct that assume a greater elderly proportion and an eventual dip? Will society shift its general philosophy from expansionism to sustainability?
Source: tatoeba (10557718)
European colonialism exported its domestic, counter-revolutionary Inquisition around the world, starting with Portuguese expansionism around 1500 C.E.
Source: wiktionary
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