to imperialize

Examples

• All

• Do I exploit, invade, colonize, or imperialize other countries?

  Academic text (1990)

• The localized power of subordinated social formations to exert control over their own identities and social relations will always be conducted against the imperializing power of late capitalism to do it for them.

  Academic text (1996)

• The leaders of the nation sought to imperialize neighboring territories to expand their influence.

• The empire aimed to imperialize the region by establishing colonies in strategic locations.

Synonyms

C

to colonize

vsto imperialize

46 6.3

To take control of an area and settle it with people from another country

focuses on wider influence and control rather than just settlement

S

to subjugate

vsto imperialize

• Formal

21 9.2

To bring someone or something under control, often by force

aims at formal expansion or incorporation rather than only domination by force

A

to annex

vsto imperialize

17 7.9

To take control of land by force and make it part of your country

extends influence or control beyond formal incorporation

C

to colonialize

vsto imperialize

7.8

To take control of a land and its people by a foreign country

extends influence more broadly rather than only by settling colonies

M

to mediatize

vsto imperialize

• Specialized

9.9

To remove a small state's independence and put it under another state's control

extends influence more generally rather than only removing formal sovereignty

Antonyms

L

to liberate

104 4.3

Set someone free from prison or unfair control

How Imperial

to annex

17 7.9

to imperialize

• Formal

8.8

to dominate

275 3.7

to interfere

487 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology