"expansionism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛkˈspænʃənɪzəm/ Forms: expansionisms [plural]
Etymology: expansion + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|expansion|ism}} expansion + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} expansionism (countable and uncountable, plural expansionisms)
  1. The policy, of a nation, of expanding its territory or its economic influence. Wikipedia link: expansionism Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ideologies, Imperialism Related terms: expansionist Translations (tendency to annex territories): ekspansionizëm [masculine] (Albanian), تَوَسُّعِيَّة (tawassuʕiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), էքսպանսիոնիզմ (ēkʻspansionizm) (Armenian), ekspansionizm (Azerbaijani), экспансіяні́зм (ekspansijanízm) [masculine] (Belarusian), експанзиони́зъм (ekspanzionízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 擴張主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 扩张主义 (kuòzhāngzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 膨脹主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 膨胀主义 (péngzhàngzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), expanzionismus [masculine] (Czech), expansionisme [neuter] (Dutch), ekspansionism (Estonian), expansionnisme [masculine] (French), ექსპანსიონიზმი (eksṗansionizmi) (Georgian), Expansionismus [masculine] (German), επεκτατισμός (epektatismós) [masculine] (Greek), विस्तारवाद (vistārvād) [masculine] (Hindi), expanzionizmus (Hungarian), terjeszkedési politika (Hungarian), terjeszkedő politika (Hungarian), espansionismo [masculine] (Italian), 膨張主義 (bōchōshugi) (alt: ぼうちょうしゅぎ) (Japanese), 팽창주의 (paengchangjuui) (alt: 膨脹主義) (Korean), експанзиони́зам (ekspanzionízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), توسعهطلبی (towse'e-talabi) (Persian), ekspansjonizm [masculine] (Polish), expansionismo [masculine] (Portuguese), expansionism [neuter] (Romanian), экспансиони́зм (ekspansionízm) [masculine] (Russian), експанзионѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ekspanzionìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), expanzionizmus [masculine] (Slovak), ekspanzionizem [masculine] (Slovene), expansionismo [masculine] (Spanish), expansionism [common-gender] (Swedish), експансіоні́зм (ekspansionízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "tendency to annex territories",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ekspanzionìzam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "tendency to annex territories",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "expanzionizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "tendency to annex territories",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ekspanzionizem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tendency to annex territories",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "expansionismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tendency to annex territories",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "expansionism"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ekspansionízm",
      "sense": "tendency to annex territories",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "експансіоні́зм"
    }
  ],
  "word": "expansionism"
}

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