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countable and uncountable, plural expansionisms
The policy, of a nation, of expanding its territory or its economic influence. quotations examples
European colonialism exported its domestic, counter-revolutionary Inquisition around the world, starting with Portuguese expansionism around 1500 C.E.
2007 September 27, Leslie Feinberg, “Western rulers imposed anti-gay laws throughout world”, in Workers World