"expansionist" meaning in English

See expansionist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more expansionist [comparative], most expansionist [superlative]
Etymology: From expansion + -ist. Etymology templates: {{af|en|expansion|-ist}} expansion + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj}} expansionist (comparative more expansionist, superlative most expansionist)
  1. Of or pertaining to expansionism. Synonyms: expansionistic Translations (relating to expansionism): ծավալապաշտական (cavalapaštakan) (Armenian), էքսպանսիոնիստական (ēkʻspansionistakan) (Armenian), ekspansionistisk (Danish), som ønsker at udvide sin magt (Danish), som ønsker at udvide sit område (Danish), laajentumiseen pyrkivä (Finnish), laajentumishaluinen (Finnish), ekspansionistinen (Finnish), expansionniste (French), expansionistisch (German), ekspansjonistisk (Norwegian Bokmål), ekspansjonistisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), ekspansjonistyczny (Polish), expansionist (Romanian), экспансиони́стский (ekspansionístskij) (Russian), експансіоні́стський (ekspansionístsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
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Noun

Forms: expansionists [plural]
Etymology: From expansion + -ist. Etymology templates: {{af|en|expansion|-ist}} expansion + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} expansionist (plural expansionists)
  1. An advocate of expansionism. Translations (an advocate of expansionism): ծավալապաշտ (cavalapašt) (Armenian), էքսպանսիոնիստ (ēkʻspansionist) (Armenian), ekspansionist (Azerbaijani), ekspansionisti (Finnish), laajentumisen kannattaja (Finnish), expansionniste (French), Expansionist [masculine] (German), Expansionistin [feminine] (German), ekspansjonista [masculine] (Polish), expansionist [masculine] (Romanian), expansionistă [feminine] (Romanian), экспансиони́ст (ekspansioníst) [masculine] (Russian), экспансиони́стка (ekspansionístka) [feminine] (Russian), експансіоні́ст (ekspansioníst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), експансіоні́стка (ekspansionístka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an advocate of expansionism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ekspansjonista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an advocate of expansionism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "expansionist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an advocate of expansionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "expansionistă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekspansioníst",
      "sense": "an advocate of expansionism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "экспансиони́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekspansionístka",
      "sense": "an advocate of expansionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "экспансиони́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ekspansioníst",
      "sense": "an advocate of expansionism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "експансіоні́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ekspansionístka",
      "sense": "an advocate of expansionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "експансіоні́стка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "expansionist"
}

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