Meanings
comparative more expansionist · superlative most expansionist
- 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 20251 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 68Synonyms: expansionistic · Antonyms: antiexpansionist
plural expansionists
- international relationsAn advocate of expansionism.
Mr. Miller argues convincingly that a majority of Americans shared the romantic nationalism of such expansionists as Theodore Roosevelt and Sen. Albert Beveridge and participated vicariously in their dreams of martial glory and expanding markets.
1982 November 21, Richard E. Welch Jr., “IMPERIAL ADVENTURE”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2019Antonyms: antiexpansionist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn advocate of expansionism.
Origin
Translations
Catalan expansionista, expansionista
- expansionistarelating to expansionism
- expansionistaan advocate of expansionism
Chinese Mandarin 擴張主義的 /扩张主义的, 擴張主義者 /扩张主义者
- 擴張主義的 /扩张主义的 (kuòzhāngzhǔyì de)relating to expansionism
- 擴張主義者 /扩张主义者 (kuòzhāngzhǔyì zhě)an advocate of expansionism
Danish ekspansionistisk, som ønsker at udvide sin magt
- ekspansionistiskrelating to expansionism
- som ønsker at udvide sin magtrelating to expansionism
- som ønsker at udvide sit områderelating to expansionism
Finnish laajentumiseen pyrkivä, laajentumishaluinen
- laajentumiseen pyrkivärelating to expansionism
- laajentumishaluinenrelating to expansionism
- ekspansionistinenrelating to expansionism
- ekspansionistian advocate of expansionism
- laajentumisen kannattajaan advocate of expansionism
French expansionniste, expansionniste
- expansionnisterelating to expansionism
- expansionnistean advocate of expansionism
German expansionistisch, Expansionist
- expansionistischrelating to expansionism
- Expansionistan advocate of expansionism
- Expansionistinan advocate of expansionism
Italian espansionistico, espansionista
- espansionisticorelating to expansionism
- espansionistaan advocate of expansionism
Norwegian Bokmål ekspansjonistisk
- ekspansjonistiskrelating to expansionism
Polish ekspansjonistyczny, ekspansjonista
- ekspansjonistycznyrelating to expansionism
- ekspansjonistaan advocate of expansionism
Romanian expansionist, expansionist
- expansionistrelating to expansionism
- expansionistan advocate of expansionism
- expansionistăan advocate of expansionism
Russian экспансиони́стский, экспансиони́ст
- экспансиони́стский (ekspansionístskij)relating to expansionism
- экспансиони́ст (ekspansioníst)an advocate of expansionism
- экспансиони́стка (ekspansionístka)an advocate of expansionism
Spanish expansionista, expansionista
- expansionistarelating to expansionism
- expansionistaan advocate of expansionism
Turkish yayılmacı, genişlemeci
- yayılmacırelating to expansionism
- genişlemecirelating to expansionism
- ekspansiyonistrelating to expansionism
- yayılmacıan advocate of expansionism
- genişlemecian advocate of expansionism
- ekspansiyonistan advocate of expansionism
Ukrainian експансіоні́стський, експансіоні́ст
- експансіоні́стський (ekspansionístsʹkyj)relating to expansionism
- експансіоні́ст (ekspansioníst)an advocate of expansionism
- експансіоні́стка (ekspansionístka)an advocate of expansionism
Cite this entry
expansionist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expansionist
“expansionist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expansionist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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