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im-PEERR-ee-uh-liz-uh-m/ɪmˈpɪəriəlɪzəm/

Imperialism is a policy of extending a country’s power over others, especially by colony or influence: cultural imperialism, the age of imperialism. Empire and imperial (already in the dictionary) are the related pair; a globe on the cover is not a methods note on funding.

Meaning

A policy of extending a country’s power over other lands, especially by force or economic control.

Examples

• “A study of imperialism still owes named colony sources; a map still is not an n.”
• “Imperialism in the funding note is a political fact, not a globe on the cover.”
• “Colonialism is the close twin. Expansionism is a cousin. A globe is design. A named funder and a year are the claim. Put the funder in methods; keep the globe for the atlas if you must.”

Good to know

Extending power over other countries. Related: empire / imperial (already in the dictionary). A globe ≠ a funding line.

Near in meaning

colonialism, expansionism

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