imperialist
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7.8
- noun
- /ɪmˈpɪəriəlist/
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imperialista
- Our Tibetan comrades must be liberated from foreign imperialists.
- Western imperialists
- European imperialists
- Anglo-American imperialists
And from my mom's side, who were communist, whose Bible was the Communist Manifesto, and my dad was an imperialist.
- And from my mom's side, who were communist, whose Bible was the Communist Manifesto, and my dad was an imperialist.
Examples
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But it's the conquest of an imperialist that we fundamentally oppose.
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However, between 1945 and 1989, American imperialist adventures were countered by the Soviet Union.
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I thought we got rid of Imperialists like you.
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We want none of you imperialists here.
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History has shown that it cannot be the imperialists who created the problems.
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And so the goal of the imperialist is to, is always to eliminate competition and warfare and to bring peace and prosperity.
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Starting with the Vietnam War, another charge surfaced, America the imperialist.
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Do you know what the Belgian imperialists are doing in the Congo?
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The western imperialist culture has left you like materialist junkies, mainlining iPods and Humvees and TK Maxx into a spiritual void.
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The imperialist agenda led to the colonization of many countries across the globe.
Synonyms
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7.8
A person who supports a country taking control of other lands
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6.7
A person who goes to another land and takes control of its people and land
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7.5
Supporting a country that wants more land or power
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9.9
A person, government, or company that controls poorer countries indirectly to take their resources
To support adding land to a country or state
How Imperialist
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Morphology
Etymology
Imperialist as a noun names a person who supports the idea of one country controlling others. The word comes from Latin imperium 'command, power', the same root as empire and emperor, so an imperialist is someone who wants to spread a country's power.