n.
Pronunciation: ik- ' span-(t)-sh ə - ˌ ni-z ə m
Function: noun
Date: 1899
: a policy or practice of expansion and especially of territorial expansion by a nation
– ex · pan · sion · ist \ - ' span(t)-sh( ə -)nist \ noun
– expansionist also ex · pan · sion · is · tic \ - ˌ span(t)-sh ə - ' nis-tik \ adjective