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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
expansionism
noun
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▪ Adults, adult women in particular, are subscribing to this expansionism for themselves without question.
▪ By 1910, therefore, expansionism had turned into overt and formal colonialism.
▪ It was a view not unlike that of the proponents of Athenian expansionism during the time of Thucydides.
▪ Technological change, especially in military weapons, gave added impetus to the new expansionism.
▪ The Leninist theory of capitalist expansionism is generally considered to be the orthodox Marxist position.
▪ There is no doubt whatsoever that this expansionism was a deliberate and carefully controlled policy.
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expansionism

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

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expansionism

n. the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country

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Expansionism

In general, expansionism consists of policies of governments and states that involve territorial or economic expansion. While some have linked the term to promoting economic growth (in contrast to no growth / sustainable policies), more commonly expansionism refers to the doctrine of a state expanding its territorial base (or economic influence) usually, though not necessarily, by means of military aggression. Compare empire-building, colonialism, and Lebensraum.

Irredentism, revanchism, reunification or pan-nationalism are sometimes used to justify and legitimize expansionism, but only when the explicit goal is to reconquer territories that have been lost, or to take over ancestral lands. A simple territorial dispute, such as a border dispute, is not usually referred to as expansionism.

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The Green Peril thesis is now being used to explain diverse and unrelated events in that region, with Tehran replacing Moscow as the center of ideological subversion and military expansionism and Islam substituting for the spiritual energy of communism.

Iranian expansionism by its powerful neighbors, Iran lacks the capabilities to carry out such ambitious game plans.

We have never agreed to any proposal by the Jevlenese that they maintain a military force either to counter possible aggressive expansionism by Earth or for any other reason.

Allies added Japan to their list of enemies, for the expansionism that had gone more or less unchecked since Manchuria.

Aiding anti-Communist efforts abroad raised the price of Soviet expansionism and weakened the USSR militarily, economically, and psychologically.

And this lack of old-style irredentism and expansionism reflects not only ideology, international reality and contemporary culture but also prudence and the strong and bitter historical memories which permeate European society.