I. -_lə̇st noun
( -s )
Etymology: imperial (I) + -ist
1. : one that adheres to an emperor or to his party ; especially : one loyal to the Holy Roman Empire
2. : one who favors or practices imperialism
II. adjective
or im·pe·ri·al·is·tic (|)im| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|listik, əm-, -tēk
: of, relating to, practicing, or favoring imperialism
the great faiths … are imperialistic, going out to bring into the fold others than those people among whom they grew up — W.W.Howells
an imperialist war
imperialistic in seeking to convert almost the whole of political science to his own interests — David Easton
autocratic control and imperialistic expansion — Sigmund Neumann
imperialistic policies of aggression among the weaker races — Lewis Mumford
• im·pe·ri·al·is·ti·cal·ly -tə̇k(ə)lē, -tēk-, -li adverb