the policy of expanding a nation's territory or its sphere of influence, often at the expense of other nations
expansionism
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expansionism
noun
A nation's practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion.
Related Forms:
- ex·pan′sion·ist
adjective
noun
- ex·pan′sion·is′tic
adjective
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