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
His decision in 1977 to return the Panama Canal — long regarded regionally as a symbol of U.S. imperialism — to the government of Panama was widely praised in Latin America.
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
After that, outright territorial conquest mostly ceased, but the U.S. did not give up imperialism.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
Instead, our perceptions of human beauty (or its lack) derive from politics, and are determined by wide-ranging, international factors such as war, imperialism, colonial conquest, power hierarchies and economics.
—Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
As the empire tries to inflict its imperialism on the island, it is met by a disease called the Dream Scourge, a plague of the soul that drives people mad.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
After that, outright territorial conquest mostly ceased, but the U.S. did not give up imperialism.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
Instead, our perceptions of human beauty (or its lack) derive from politics, and are determined by wide-ranging, international factors such as war, imperialism, colonial conquest, power hierarchies and economics.
—Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
As the empire tries to inflict its imperialism on the island, it is met by a disease called the Dream Scourge, a plague of the soul that drives people mad.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperialism
Noun
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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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The ethics of threatening the victim of aggression apart, if SpaceX proves to be an unreliable provider we will be forced to look for other suppliers.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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In the wake of the US minimizing Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and casting doubts about its commitment to NATO, the European Union is now pushing all of its members to raise military budgets and issue debt to fund defense purchases.—
Miles Bryan,
Vox,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Heinlein's book has been the subject of some controversy, as its ardent militarism and unsympathetic rendering of alien antagonists have been widely described as fascist.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
15 Mar. 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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On a war of old; the identity of Jimmy Lai; Judge Webster vs. Kash Patel; patriotism vs. jingoism; and more For many years after 2001, the New York City skyline was an affront to me.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 Mar. 2025
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Does the industry have its new Medium Cool moment, pushing back on a president who dubs anti-American any art that doesn’t fit his politics of jingoism and exclusion?—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Imperialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperialism. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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