Synonyms for imperialism
ɪmˈpɪər i əˌlɪz əmim·pe·ri·al·ism

Princeton's WordNet

1. imperialismnoun

   a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries

2. imperialismnoun

   a political orientation that advocates imperial interests

3. imperialismnoun

   any instance of aggressive extension of authority

Matched Categories

1. • Control
   • Foreign Policy
   • Political Orientation

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1. List of paraphrases for "imperialism":

   imperialist, imperialistic, imperial

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1. Andrzej Duda:

   We know what Russian imperialism stands for, and we know what it means to be attacked by Russian armed forces, because our grandfathers and great-grandfathers experienced that ; sometimes even our parents experienced that, so, thank you for your presence.

2. Sir Denison Miller:

   This truth is well known among our principal men now engaged in forming an imperialism of Capital to govern the world. By dividing the voters through the political party system, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting over questions of no importance. Thus by discreet action we can secure for ourselves what has been so well planned and so successfully accomplished.

3. Joji Morishita:

   The whaling issue is seen as a symbol of a larger issue sometimes in Japan... You might have heard the word 'eco-imperialism', when you go out and ask ordinary Japanese about the whaling issue, they're going to say 'I don't eat whale meat, however I don't like the idea of beef-eating people or pork-eating people saying to Japanese, stop eating whales.

4. Franklin D. Roosevelt:

   Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that the retreat to isolationism a quarter of a century ago was started not by a direct attack against international cooperation but against the alleged imperfections of the peace.

5. Danylo Lubkivsky:

   Vladimir Putin understands that Ukrainian statehood and the Ukrainian national idea pose a threat to Russian imperialism.