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Synonyms & Antonyms of imperialism
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.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for imperialism
- aggression,
- aggressiveness,
- assaultiveness,
- bellicosity,
- belligerence,
- belligerency,
- combativeness,
- contentiousness,
- defiance,
- disputatiousness,
- feistiness,
- fight,
- militance,
- militancy,
- militantness,
- pugnacity,
- quarrelsomeness,
- scrappiness,
- truculence
- acidity,
- biliousness,
- captiousness,
- crankiness,
- crossness,
- disagreeableness,
- fractiousness,
- fretfulness,
- grouchiness,
- grumpiness,
- huffiness,
- irascibility,
- irascibleness,
- irritability,
- irritableness,
- orneriness,
- peevishness,
- pettishness,
- petulance,
- querulousness,
- rudeness,
- surliness,
- testiness,
- waspishness
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“Imperialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperialism. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of imperialism was in 1684
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