expansionist

adj
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən.ɪst/

Etymology

From expansion + -ist.

  1. derived from expānsiō
  2. borrowed from expansion
  3. formed as expansionist — “expansion + -ist

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to expansionism.

    • Lindberg says that current phenomena are reminiscent of the 1930s, right before the expansionist ambitions of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sparked a world war.
  2. An advocate of expansionism.

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