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Expansionism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A nation's practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The policy, of a nation, of expanding its territory or its economic influence

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A policy of (territorial) expansion.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country

Word Usage

"One of the biggest problems in bringing Israel to its senses, and/or making it accountable for its egregious expansionism, is that the US populace has been cowed into equating anti-zionism with anti-semitism."

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