imperialism

Definition

The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

Etymology

From imperial + -ism.

Example Sentences

• "Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone."
• "The moral imperialism of the Supreme Court did not end with Chief Justice Warren’s resignation nor with the departures of the Justices who made up his distinctive majority."
• "By contrast, economists of the Chicago School approach [sociology] from a standpoint of the imperialism of economics, in the sense that they advance the study of substructure into the areas of the study of superstructure, by researching it as economics."