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ex·pan·sion·ism

(ĭk-spăn′shə-nĭz′əm)

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

ex·pan′sion·ist adj. & n.

ex·pan′sion·is′tic adj.

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Adj.

expansionist - of or involving or guided by expansionism

Translations

expansionniste

expansionist

[ɪksˈpænʃənɪst] ADJ → expansionista

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

expansionist

[ɪkˈspænʃənɪst] adj → expansionnisteexpansion slot n (on computer) → port m d'extension

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

expansionist

adj → expansionistisch, Expansions-; expansionist policy → Expansionspolitik f

n → Expansionspolitiker(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

expansionist

[ɪksˈpænʃ/ənɪst] adj → espansionistico/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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