as in hostility
tendency to extend power or control over others especially through the use of force
Violent conquer of other nations is one extreme form of imperialism.
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Recent Examples of imperialism
Nationalism was both a cause and a consequence of European imperialism and war.
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
But imperialism still shapes world politics.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
Nonviolent imperialism Imperialism does not require military force.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
Today, China excels at nonviolent imperialism.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
But imperialism still shapes world politics.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
Nonviolent imperialism Imperialism does not require military force.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
Today, China excels at nonviolent imperialism.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperialism
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Stolarz’s inclination to shout instructions at teammates on the ice, often with serious levels of hostility in the name of competition, comes to him naturally.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Datta writes that Indians had faced violent treatment at the hands of Japanese forces, even if the Chinese community bore the brunt of the Japanese hostility.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Apr. 2025
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Americans lacked a sense of urgency about Nazi aggression.—
Tamar Jacoby,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Related article Ukraine’s European allies say Russian aggression is pushing peace out of reach, as US envoy meets Putin The new administration has opened multiple channels to Moscow, following three years of diplomatic isolation.—
Andrew Carey and Victoria Butenko,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2025
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Mark Tseng-Putterman is a writer and historian working at the intersections of Asian American social movements, Cold War militarism, and US-Asia relations.—
Mark Tseng-Putterman / Made by History,
TIME,
10 Mar. 2025
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Only a few years later, John Dewey came out in support of American intervention against Prussian militarism, imagining that, in a two-birds-one-stone way, the war effort could also promote social reform.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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And jingoism, idiotic, is not patriotism.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 Mar. 2025
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Kavi Singh is a star of the genre known as Hindutva pop, a mixture of jingoism and danceable beats.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Imperialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperialism. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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