Definition of Expansionism

1. Noun. The doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country.


Definition of Expansionism

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Expansionism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expansionism

expansine
expansins
expansion
expansion adapter
expansion bit
expansion bolt
expansion cleat
expansion joint
expansion pack
expansion packs
expansion slot
expansion slots
expansional
expansionary
expansionism (current term)
expansionisms
expansionist
expansionistic
expansionists
expansions
expansive
expansive bit
expansive delusion
expansive soil
expansively
expansiveness
expansivenesses
expansivities
expansivity

Literary usage of Expansionism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. NATO's Future: Toward a New Transatlantic Bargain by Stanley R. Sloan (1995)
"To the Americans, the Europeans' view of 1914 means that —as in the Thirties —they are in effect willing to appease Moscow's expansionism. ..."

2. The Rise of Nations in the Soviet Union: American Foreign Policy and the by Michael Mandelbaum (1991)
"If (with Adam Ulam) we summarize post-Stalin Soviet foreign policy as a combination of expansionism and coexistence, we can indirectly link both elements to ..."

3. Assessing the Soviet Threat: The Early Cold War Years edited by Woodrow J. Kuhns (1999)
"Despite the relative complexity of these day-to-day tactical maneuvers, the underlying trend in Korea remains clear. Soviet intransigence and expansionism ..."

4. Heave 'Em Out: Phase Three by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"Russians are noted for their very LACK OF expansionism, as truly defined. ... Resistance to Soviet expansionism had to spring from principles based strictly ..."

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