expansionism

[ ik-span-shuh-niz-uh m ]

/ ɪkˈspæn ʃəˌnɪz əm /

a policy of expansion, as of territory or currency: the colonial expansionism of Europe in the 19th century.

Origin of expansionism

First recorded in 1895–1900; expansion + -ism

ex·pan·sion·ist, noun, adjective ex·pan·sion·is·tic, adjective an·ti·ex·pan·sion·ism, noun an·ti·ex·pan·sion·ist, noun, adjective

Born on April 15, 2009—Tax Day—the Tea Party movement was conceived last winter as a populist protest to expansionist government.

The Tea Party Splatters |Samuel P. Jacobs |January 11, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
The Fox was an "expansionist" and an annexationist out of sympathy for the oppressed ponies of the Cheyennes.

Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences |Nebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
I have said General MacArthur was a “thoroughgoing” expansionist.

The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 |James H. Blount
His stout imperialism had won him the leadership of the expansionist West and South.

Expansion and Conflict |William E. Dodd

Up-to-date fashion is a democratic tyrant, an expansionist invading and permeating all places and peoples.

Discourses of Keidansky |Bernard G. Richards

expansionism

/ (ɪkˈspænʃəˌnɪzəm) /

the doctrine or practice of expanding the economy or territory of a country

expansionist, noun, adjective expansionistic, adjective