Meanings
nounexpansionism (countable and uncountable, plural expansionisms)
plural expansionisms
- countableuncountableThe policy, of a nation, of expanding its territory or its economic influence.
European colonialism exported its domestic, counter-revolutionary Inquisition around the world, starting with Portuguese expansionism around 1500 C.E.
2007 September 27, Leslie Feinberg, “Western rulers imposed anti-gay laws throughout world”, in Workers World
Origin
Translations
Arabic تَوَسُّعِيَّة
- تَوَسُّعِيَّة (tawassuʕiyya)tendency to annex territories
Bulgarian експанзиони́зъм
- експанзиони́зъм (ekspanzionízăm)tendency to annex territories
Catalan expansionisme
- expansionismetendency to annex territories
Chinese Mandarin 擴張主義 /扩张主义, 膨脹主義 /膨胀主义
- 擴張主義 /扩张主义 (kuòzhāngzhǔyì)tendency to annex territories
- 膨脹主義 /膨胀主义 (péngzhàngzhǔyì)tendency to annex territories
Czech expanzionismus
- expanzionismustendency to annex territories
Dutch expansionisme
- expansionismetendency to annex territories
Estonian ekspansionism
- ekspansionismtendency to annex territories
Finnish laajentumispolitiikka
- laajentumispolitiikkatendency to annex territories
French expansionnisme
- expansionnismetendency to annex territories
German Expansionismus
- Expansionismustendency to annex territories
Greek επεκτατισμός
- επεκτατισμός (epektatismós)tendency to annex territories
Hindi विस्तारवाद
- विस्तारवाद (vistārvād)tendency to annex territories
Hungarian expanzionizmus, terjeszkedési politika
- expanzionizmustendency to annex territories
- terjeszkedési politikatendency to annex territories
- terjeszkedő politikatendency to annex territories
Italian espansionismo
- espansionismotendency to annex territories
Japanese 膨張主義
- 膨張主義 (bōchōshugi)tendency to annex territories
Korean 팽창주의
- 팽창주의 (paengchangjuui)tendency to annex territories
Persian توسعهطلبی
- توسعهطلبی (towse'e-talabi)tendency to annex territories
Polish ekspansjonizm
- ekspansjonizmtendency to annex territories
Portuguese expansionismo
- expansionismotendency to annex territories
Romanian expansionism
- expansionismtendency to annex territories
Russian экспансиони́зм
- экспансиони́зм (ekspansionízm)tendency to annex territories
Slovak expanzionizmus
- expanzionizmustendency to annex territories
Spanish expansionismo
- expansionismotendency to annex territories
Swahili sera ya upanuzi
- sera ya upanuzitendency to annex territories
Swedish expansionism
- expansionismtendency to annex territories
Turkish yayılmacılık, genişlemecilik
- yayılmacılıktendency to annex territories
- genişlemeciliktendency to annex territories
- ekspansiyonizmtendency to annex territories
Ukrainian експансіоні́зм
- експансіоні́зм (ekspansionízm)tendency to annex territories
Vietnamese chủ nghĩa bành trướng
- chủ nghĩa bành trướngtendency to annex territories
Cite this entry
APA
expansionism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expansionism
MLA
“expansionism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expansionism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expansionism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expansionism.
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