Synonyms of imperialism

imperialism

noun

as in hostility

tendency to extend power or control over others especially through the use of force

Violent conquer of other nations is one extreme form of imperialism.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hostility
• aggression
• militarism
• jingoism
• aggressiveness
• antagonism
• unfriendliness
• assaultiveness
• militancy
• militance
• belligerency
• bellicosity
• fierceness
• hyperaggressiveness
• belligerence
• fight
• pugnacity
• combativeness
• quarrelsomeness
• defiance
• truculence
• disputatiousness
• contentiousness
• scrappiness
• feistiness
• irritability
• fractiousness
• disagreeableness
• peevishness
• crossness
• waspishness
• biliousness
• irritableness
• captiousness
• petulance
• crankiness
• querulousness
• pettishness
• fretfulness
• acidity
• irascibility
• rudeness
• militantness
• orneriness
• grouchiness
• testiness
• grumpiness
• irascibleness
• surliness
• huffiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• antimilitarism
• antiaggression
• pacifism
• anti-imperialism
• nonaggression

Examples of imperialism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dating back to the 19th century Monroe Doctrine, U.S. foreign policy sought to prevent the intrusion of European imperialism in the Western hemisphere. —TIME, 9 Aug. 2024

In Lucas’s space opera, Western and sci-fi genre codes were mixed to explore our despair over Vietnam-era American imperialism. —Armond White, National Review, 9 Aug. 2024

Baldwin gives us the tools already prepared to analyze [not only] whiteness in its many shifting guises, but also capitalism and imperialism. —Michael Cuby, Them, 1 Aug. 2024

From its inception, policing in the U.S. has been a colonial project, with international dimensions that connect directly to imperialism. —Philip V. McHarris, TIME, 30 July 2024