Antonyms for imperialism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : im-peer-ee-uh-liz-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɪər i əˌlɪz əm |
Definition of imperialism
Origin :- 1826, "advocacy of empire," originally in a Napoleonic context, also of Rome and of British foreign policy, from imperial + -ism. At times in British usage (and briefly in U.S.) with a neutral or positive sense relating to national interests or the spread of the benefits of Western civilization, but from the begining usually more or less a term of reproach. General sense of "one country's rule over another," first recorded 1878. Picked up disparagingly in Communist jargon by 1918.
- It is the old story of 1798, when French republicanism sick of its own folly and misdeeds, became metamorphosed into imperialism, and consoled itself for its incapacity to found domestic freedom by putting an iron yoke upon Europe, and covering it with blood and battle-fields. [Francis Lloyd, "St. James's Magazine," January 1842]
- As in manifest destiny : noun expansionist doctrine
- As in expansionism : noun growth
- The Sahara desert is just as good a field for imperialism, and a lot closer to home.
- Extract from : « Valley of Dreams » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
- "Trade supplies no explanation of Imperialism," says Mr. Brailsford (p. 75).
- Extract from : « The World in Chains » by John Mavrogordato
- In short, the commercial excuse for Imperialism is actually obsolete.
- Extract from : « The World in Chains » by John Mavrogordato
- What came then was not Imperialism; it was Anti-Imperialism.
- Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton
- We have no satire yet on militarism, or imperialism, or the Monroe doctrine.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- With the victory of imperialism Lamartine retired into the shade.
- Extract from : « A History of French Literature » by Edward Dowden
- Twentieth-century imperialism cannot be so favourably judged.
- Extract from : « The New World of Islam » by Lothrop Stoddard
- For the English are reviled for their imperialism because they are not imperialistic.
- Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton
- The myth, Imperialism, alone is an iron barrier to universal brotherhood.
- Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer
- Imperialism is not new, nor is it confined to one nation or to one race.
- Extract from : « The American Empire » by Scott Nearing
Synonyms for imperialism
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