Synonyms of imperialism

imperialism

noun

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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hostility
• aggression
• militarism
• jingoism
• aggressiveness
• antagonism
• unfriendliness
• assaultiveness
• militancy
• militance
• belligerency
• bellicosity
• fierceness
• hyperaggressiveness
• belligerence
• fight
• pugnacity
• combativeness
• quarrelsomeness
• defiance
• truculence
• disputatiousness
• contentiousness
• scrappiness
• feistiness
• irritability
• fractiousness
• disagreeableness
• peevishness
• crossness
• waspishness
• biliousness
• irritableness
• captiousness
• petulance
• crankiness
• querulousness
• pettishness
• fretfulness
• acidity
• irascibility
• rudeness
• militantness
• orneriness
• grouchiness
• testiness
• grumpiness
• irascibleness
• surliness
• huffiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• antimilitarism
• antiaggression
• pacifism
• anti-imperialism
• nonaggression