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EXPANSIONISM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does expansionism mean?

• EXPANSIONISM (noun)
The noun EXPANSIONISM has 1 sense:

1. the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country

Familiarity information: EXPANSIONISM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EXPANSIONISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("expansionism" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

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