expansionism

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expansionism

Wikipedia

Etymology

From expansion +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛkˈspænʃənɪzəm/

Noun

expansionism (countable and uncountable, plural expansionisms)

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

expansionist

Translations

tendency to annex territories

Albanian: ekspansionizëm (sq) m
Arabic: تَوَسُّعِيَّة f (tawassuʕiyya)
Armenian: էքսպանսիոնիզմ (hy) (ēkʻspansionizm)
Azerbaijani: ekspansionizm
Belarusian: экспансіяні́зм m (ekspansijanízm)
Bulgarian: експанзиони́зъм m (ekspanzionízǎm)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 擴張主義／扩张主义 (zh) (kuòzhāngzhǔyì), 膨脹主義／膨胀主义 (zh) (péngzhàngzhǔyì)
Czech: expanzionismus m
Dutch: expansionisme (nl) n
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Estonian: ekspansionism
French: expansionnisme (fr) m
Georgian: ექსპანსიონიზმი (eksṗansionizmi)
German: Expansionismus m
Greek: επεκτατισμός (el) m (epektatismós)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: विस्तारवाद m (vistārvād)
Hungarian: expanzionizmus, terjeszkedési politika, terjeszkedő politika
Italian: espansionismo (it) m
Japanese: 膨張主義 (ぼうちょうしゅぎ, bōchōshugi)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 팽창주의(膨脹主義) (paengchangjuui)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: експанзиони́зам m (ekspanzionízam)
Persian: توسعه‌طلبی (fa) (towse'e-talabi)
Polish: ekspansjonizm (pl) m
Portuguese: expansionismo (pt) m
Romanian: expansionism (ro) n
Russian: экспансиони́зм (ru) m (ekspansionízm)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: експанзионѝзам m

Roman: ekspanzionìzam (sh) m
Slovak: expanzionizmus m
Slovene: ekspanzionizem m
Spanish: expansionismo m
Swedish: expansionism (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: експансіоні́зм m (ekspansionízm)
Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa bành trướng

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French expansionisme. By surface analysis, expansiune +‎ -ism.

Noun

expansionism n (uncountable)

expansionism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	expansionism	expansionismul
genitive-dative	expansionism	expansionismului
vocative	expansionismule