Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

    Imperialismus

    империали́змimperialízm

    імперіалі́змimperialízm

    a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries

  2. (countable, historical, uncountable)The means of forming, maintaining, or expanding an empire.

  3. (countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable)Any undue extension of political, intellectual, or other forms of authority, particularly in regards to systems that benefit the Western world at the cost of the Global South.

Examples

24 sentences
  1. English imperialism is a linguistic genocide.

  2. The imperialism of English is a linguistic genocide.

  3. English linguistic imperialism is a genocide against the languages of the world.

  4. This is one of the signs of weakness and the impending doom of imperialism.

    ruВ этом одно из свидетельств слабости и обреченности империализма. — soweli_Elepanto

  5. Stalin complained a lot about imperialism, but he never spoke of his own imperialism.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the policy of extending power, by force:
Русский
By meaning 1
the policy of extending power, by force:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the policy of extending power, by force:
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