expansionist

What it means

1. governmentOf or pertaining to expansionism.

   Lindberg says that current phenomena are reminiscent of the 1930s, right before the expansionist ambitions of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sparked a world war.

   2025 September 16, “Can democracy survive without America?”, in The Hankyoreh, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2025

   1 more example

   Unlike passenger demand forecasts in England, that have resulted in the removal of 20% of service capacity in the May 2022 timetable, Welsh Ministers acting through the TfW agency are continuing an expansionist agenda for rail services under their control.

   2021 August 11, Industry Insider, “Rail ambitions in Wales”, in RAIL, number 937, page 68

   Synonyms: expansionistic · Antonyms: antiexpansionist

In a sentence

Unlike passenger demand forecasts in England, that have resulted in the removal of 20% of service capacity in the May 2022 timetable, Welsh Ministers acting through the TfW agency are continuing an expansionist agenda for rail services under their control.

2021 August 11, Industry Insider, “Rail ambitions in Wales”, in RAIL, number 937, page 68

Where it comes from

From expansion + -ist.