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.
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Recent Examples of imperialism
Kareem gave him books to read on Islam and imperialism.
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Jeff Chang
september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Popular opinion was also shaped by an overwhelmingly left-leaning intelligentsia created and shaped by the long national struggle against European imperialism.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Another family took their kids to Okinawa, Japan, to get their children thinking about the impact of American influence and imperialism.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2025
Every aggressive statement confirms the inability of imperialism to subdue a free and sovereign people.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
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Jeff Chang
september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Popular opinion was also shaped by an overwhelmingly left-leaning intelligentsia created and shaped by the long national struggle against European imperialism.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Another family took their kids to Okinawa, Japan, to get their children thinking about the impact of American influence and imperialism.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2025
Every aggressive statement confirms the inability of imperialism to subdue a free and sovereign people.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperialism
Noun
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Naroditsky’s untimely death has shined a spotlight on the dark underbelly of the game that fellow pros say brought undue hostility upon the chess star in his final months.—
Corey Williams,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Presidents have wide latitude to deploy the Guard, and protection of federal property is an obvious justification in this season of violent hostility to ICE.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Although the balloon incident has not been directly linked to Moscow, Lithuania's border closures add to tensions spiked by accusations of Russian incursions into NATO airspace amid Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Because taking league matches to America, Australia, Saudi Arabia or anywhere else would be an act of aggression.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Bigelow has often been accused of being apolitical—or, because of her fascination with the codes, rites, and aesthetics of men at war, of advancing a gung-ho fetishization of American militarism.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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People implemented racist clauses in housing deeds and rejected or offered outrageously predatory lending terms to nonwhites, permitting exceptions occasionally to Asians only by assuming their proximity to whiteness or to American militarism.—
Arabelle Sicardi,
Allure,
9 Oct. 2025
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That it’s never made clear who fired the missile — everyone’s a possible enemy, though it’s strongly suggested that the North Koreans are ultimately responsible — invites charges of jingoism or at least of a soft embrace of American exceptionalism.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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The level of jingoism and rallying behind Modi has been very strong.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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Just nothing, not dictating at the point of attack, no aggressiveness to it at all.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
25 Oct. 2025
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Prostate cancers are graded for aggressiveness in the Gleason grading system, which ranges from 6 to 10, with 10 being the most aggressive.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Imperialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperialism. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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