annexationist

Examples

• All

• For even as the Israeli government's annexationist policies have led to massive land expropriation in the West Bank, sections of Israeli capital simultaneously find the West Bank's population a profitable captive market for Israeli products (Benvenisti 1986: 7) and its villagers an indispensable source of cheap labor.

  Academic text (1990)

• The creation on 11 June 1990 of the most right-wing and annexationist government in Israel's history; and the suspension by the United States of its discussions with the PLO on 20 June 1990.

  Academic text (1991)

• The annexationist movement in the country gained support among those who wanted to expand its borders.

• Supporters of the annexationist policy believed that incorporating new regions would bring economic benefits.

Synonyms

I

imperialist

vsannexationist

15 8.2

Relating to a policy that makes a country control other countries, often by force

favours adding territory directly rather than extending power by other means

E

expansionist

vsannexationist

5 7.5

Supporting a country that wants more land or power

supports adding territory specifically rather than broader economic goals

I

imperialistic

vsannexationist

4 7.8

Relating to a country's effort to control other countries, often by force

is about support for direct territory addition rather than general control increase

How Supportive

annexationist

8.9

supportive

348 2.8

neutral

2 4.2

opposed

1 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology