IMPERIALISM: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | im'peereeu`lizum
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| Matching Terms: | | imperialist, imperialistic
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] any instance of aggressive extension of authority
- [n] a political orientation that advocates imperial interests
- [n] a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
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| | See Also: | | control, foreign policy, ideology, manifest destiny, political orientation, political theory | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Im*pe"ri*al*ism\, n.
The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the
spirit of empire.
Roman imperialism had divided the world. --C. H.
Pearson.
\Im*pe"ri*al*ism\, n.
The policy, practice, or advocacy of seeking, or acquiescing
in, the extension of the control, dominion, or empire of a
nation, as by the acquirement of new, esp. distant, territory
or dependencies, or by the closer union of parts more or less
independent of each other for operations of war, copyright,
internal commerce, etc.
The tide of English opinion began to turn about 1870,
and since then it has run with increasing force in the
direction of what is called imperialism. --James Bryce.
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| | Related Terms: | | appeasement, balance of power, brinkmanship, caliphate, centralism, coexistence, collectivism, colonialism, communism, compromise, constitutionalism, containment, czardom, democratism, detente, deterrence, diplomacy, diplomatic, diplomatics, dollar diplomacy, dollar imperialism, Eisenhower Doctrine, emperorship, empery, empire, expansionism, fascism, federalism, feudalism, feudality, foreign affairs, foreign policy, good-neighbor policy, governmentalism, internationalism, isolationism, kaiserdom, kaisership, kinghood, kingship, majesty, manifest destiny, militarism, monarchism, Monroe Doctrine, national socialism, nationalism, Nazism, neocolonialism, neofascism, neutralism, Nixon Doctrine, nonresistance, open door, open-door policy, parliamentarianism, parliamentarism, peace offensive, peaceful coexistence, pluralism, political principles, preparedness, queenhood, queenship, rajaship, regnancy, republicanism, royalism, royalty, shirt-sleeve diplomacy, shuttle diplomacy, socialism, sovereignty, spheres of influence, statism, sultanate, sultanship, the big stick, the crown, the throne, tough policy, Truman Doctrine, world politics |
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