expansionism

noun

ex·pan·sion·ism ik-ˈspan(t)-shə-ˌni-zəm

: a policy or practice of expansion and especially of territorial expansion by a nation

expansionist

ik-ˈspan(t)-sh(ə-)nist

noun

expansionist adjective

or less commonly expansionistic

ik-ˌspan(t)-shə-ˈni-stik

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Is the alliance not crucial to deterring the Kremlin’s aggression and expansionism? —

Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Feb. 2025 Isaac Chotiner interviews the historian Greg Grandin about the roots of Trump’s aggressive expansionism. —

Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025 Unsurprisingly, leaders in Denmark and Greenland — which has its own parliament and prime minister, separate from Denmark — have pushed back strongly against US expansionism and rejected Trump’s overtures. —

Avishay Artsy, Vox, 25 Jan. 2025 Syria had long been used to justify Russia’s messianic expansionism, and the fight against anti-Assad factions provided a template for Russian propaganda about Ukraine. —

Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for expansionism