expansionismn.
/ᵻkˈspanʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ɛkˈspanʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ᵻkˈspanʃənɪz(ə)m/, /ɛkˈspanʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ɪkˈspænʃəˌnɪzəm/, /ɛkˈspænʃəˌnɪzəm/ Advocacy of, or furtherance of, a policy of expansion, esp. of territorial expansion.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [noun] > other specific policies or advocacy of
laissez-faireism1848
localism1848
laissez-faire1873
irredentism1883
dissolutionism1894
expansionism1900
bilingualism1901
non-alignment1908
agriculturism1919
cultural imperialism1921
isolationism1922
unilateralism1926
autarky1934
elitism1934
pronatalism1938
neo-isolationism1951
non-alignedness1962
1900 Daily News 2 May 3/5 By Imperialism British Liberals ought not to understand militarism or even expansionism.
1959 Economist 28 Feb. 761/1 The expansionism which marks the common market's view of the future.
1960 Spectator 7 Oct. 512 We are afraid of Russian expansionism.
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n.1900- to make a moorburn
- to make a motion
- to make a motive
- to make a mountain of a molehill
- to make a mountain out of a molehill
- to make a mourn
- to make a mouth
- to make a mouths
- to make a move
- to make a move on a person
- to make a mow
- to make a mows
- to make a muck of
- to make a mucker of
- to make a muddle of
- to make a mudge
- to make a muff of oneself
- to make a mull of
- to make a mumming of
- to make a munsie
- to make a munsie o'
- to make a muster
- to make a mystery
- to make a mystery of
- to make a name for oneself