imperialism

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: im=pe=ri=al=ism

CIDE DICTIONARY

imperialism, n. 

•  The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire.  [1913 Webster]

  "Roman imperialism had divided the world."  [1913 Webster]
•  The policy, practice, or advocacy of seeking, or acquiescing in, the extension of the control, dominion, or empire of a nation, as by the acquirement of new, esp. distant, territory or dependencies, or by the closer union of parts more or less independent of each other for operations of war, copyright, internal commerce, etc. The practise of building or extending an empire.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  "The tide of English opinion began to turn about 1870, and since then it has run with increasing force in the direction of what is called imperialism."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

imperialism, n.
1 an imperial rule or system.
2 usu. derog. a policy of acquiring dependent territories or extending a country's influence through trade, diplomacy, etc.

Derivative

imperialistic adj. imperialistically adv. imperialize v.tr. (also -ise).

THESAURUS

imperialism

Eisenhower Doctrine, Monroe Doctrine, Nazism, Nixon Doctrine, Truman Doctrine, appeasement, balance of power, brinkmanship, caliphate, centralism, coexistence, collectivism, colonialism, communism, compromise, constitutionalism, containment, czardom, democratism, detente, deterrence, diplomacy, diplomatic, diplomatics, dollar diplomacy, dollar imperialism, emperorship, empery, empire, expansionism, fascism, federalism, feudalism, feudality, foreign affairs, foreign policy, good-neighbor policy, governmentalism, internationalism, isolationism, kaiserdom, kaisership, kinghood, kingship, majesty, manifest destiny, militarism, monarchism, national socialism, nationalism, neocolonialism, neofascism, neutralism, nonresistance, open door, open-door policy, parliamentarianism, parliamentarism, peace offensive, peaceful coexistence, pluralism, political principles, preparedness, queenhood, queenship, rajaship, regnancy, republicanism, royalism, royalty, shirt-sleeve diplomacy, shuttle diplomacy, socialism, sovereignty, spheres of influence, statism, sultanate, sultanship, the big stick, the crown, the throne, tough policy, world politics