imperialism
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- n a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
- n a political orientation that advocates imperial interests
- n any instance of aggressive extension of authority
- Michael Elliott on imperialism's return and why it won't work this time, either.
- Zimbabwe President ROBERT MUGABE, in a rare interview, depicts himself as an African hero battling imperialism and foreign attempts to oust him from power.
- In defeating the French at Dien Bien Phu, he heralded the end of imperialism.