: a policy or practice of expansion and especially of territorial expansion by a nation expansionist ik-ˈspan (t)-sh (ə-)nist noun expansionist adjective or less commonly expansionistic ik-ˌspan …

disapproving uk / ɪkˈspæn.ʃ ə n.ɪst / us / ɪkˈspæn.ʃ ə n.ɪst /. a person or organization that supports increasing the amount of land ruled by a country, or the business done by a company: Critics saw him as a ruthless expansionist who symbolized uncaring big business. They were hard-line expansionists.

ex·pan·sion·ism. (ĭk-spăn′shə-nĭz′əm) n. A nation's practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion. ex·pan′sion·ist adj. & n. ex·pan′sion·is′tic adj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

expansionism ( ɪkˈspænʃəˌnɪzəm) n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the doctrine or practice of expanding the economy or territory of a country exˈpansionist n, adj exˌpansionˈistic adj Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

expansionist (ɪkspænʃənɪst ) adjective If you describe a country or organization as expansionist, you disapprove of it because it has a policy of increasing its land or power. [disapproval] ...the intended victim of his expansionist foreign policy. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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Expansionism refers to states obtaining greater territory through military empire-building or colonialism. In the classical age of conquest moral justification for territorial expansion at the direct expense of another established polity was often as unapologetic as "because we can" treading on the philosophical grounds of might makes right. As political conceptions of the nation state …

the act or habit of one country taking land from others. world history. increasing the amount of land ruled by a country, or the business performed by a company: As a consequence of …

Britannica Dictionary definition of EXPANSIONISM [ noncount ] : the belief that a country should grow larger : a policy of increasing a country's size by expanding its territory

Definition of 'expansionism' Word Frequency expansionism (ɪkspænʃənɪzəm ) uncountable noun If you refer to a country's expansionism, you disapprove of its policy of increasing its land or power. [disapproval] ...a nation with no recent record of expansionism and foreign aggression. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.