annexationismn.
/ˌanɛkˈseɪʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌanəkˈseɪʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌæˌnɛkˈseɪʃəˌnɪzəm/, /ˌænəkˈseɪʃəˌnɪzəm/ Support for or advocacy of the annexation of territory; the policy of annexing territory.In early use chiefly with reference to support within Canada for the proposed annexation of parts of Canada by the United States.
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > annexation > advocacy of
annexationism1850
society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [noun] > other international policies
Anglo-Americanism1841
annexationism1850
open door1898
sanction1919
sacred egoism1928
collective security1934
Westpolitik1934
sanctionism1938
Ostpolitik1941
Vansittartism1941
sacro egoismo1944
containment1947
technology transfer1963
Finlandization1969
linkage1969
1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iv. 28 From Canada there comes duly by each mail a regular statistic of Annexationism.
1864 Viscountess Strangford Eastern Shores Adriatic in 1863 ii. 80 The factitious cry of annexationism.
1895 J. C. Hopkins Life & Work Sir J. Thompson ix. 175 Those who were trying to affix the disgraceful stigma of annexationism to the Liberal party.
1917 Biblical World 50 365/1 In the early days of the war the German Catholics were the most extreme supporters of advanced annexationism.
1962 E. Weber Action Française i. 37 The scandal of impertinent royalist annexationism.
2001 J. R. Sofka in M. Cox et al. Empires. Syst. & States 159 In both the Balkan and Baltic spheres,..Catherinian Russia followed a careful yet deliberate policy of annexationism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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