EXPANSIONISM


Meaning of EXPANSIONISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ik-ˈspan-(t)-shə-ˌni-zəm ]

noun

Date: 1899

: a policy or practice of expansion and especially of territorial expansion by a nation

• ex·pan·sion·ist -ˈspan(t)-sh(ə-)nist noun

• expansionist also ex·pan·sion·is·tic -ˌspan(t)-shə-ˈnis-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.