单词	expansionism
释义	expansionismex‧pan‧sion‧is‧m /ɪkˈspænʃənɪzəm/ AWL noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Adults, adult women in particular, are subscribing to this expansionism for themselves without question. By 1910, therefore, expansionism had turned into overt and formal colonialism. It was a view not unlike that of the proponents of Athenian expansionism during the time of Thucydides. Technological change, especially in military weapons, gave added impetus to the new expansionism. The Leninist theory of capitalist expansionism is generally considered to be the orthodox Marxist position. There is no doubt whatsoever that this expansionism was a deliberate and carefully controlled policy. when a country or group increases the amount of land or power that they have – used especially to show disapproval:  military expansionism—expansionist adjective—expansionist noun [countable]
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