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EXPANSIONISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does expansionism mean?
• EXPANSIONISM (noun)
The noun EXPANSIONISM has 1 sense:
1. the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country
Familiarity information: EXPANSIONISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("expansionism" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
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