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Synonyms for imperialist


Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-peer-ee-uh-liz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɪər i əˌlɪz əm



Définition of imperialist

Origin :
  • c.1600, "an adherent of an emperor," such as the emperor of Germany, France, China, etc., probably modeled on French impérialiste (early 16c.); from imperial + -ist. The shift in meaning to "advocate of imperialism" (1893) came via the British Empire, which involved a worldwide colonial system. See imperialism. As a term of abuse in communist circles, attested by 1918. As an adjective by 1816.
  • noun promoting an empire
Example sentences :
  • He is now quite clean and proper, and, I believe, an imperialist.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • That failure was not the only circumstance which made Clement imperialist.
  • Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard
  • That faceless and nameless horror was the apotheosis of the Imperialist.
  • Extract from : « Waiting for Daylight » by Henry Major Tomlinson
  • An Imperialist army of nearly 10,000 men acted in conjunction with it.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Gordon, Volume I » by Demetrius Charles Boulger
  • I am not myself an Imperialist—a Vandemar can be scarcely that.
  • Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • "It is not up to date," finished the Imperialist, and the Socialist bureaucrat.
  • Extract from : « Liberalism » by L. T. Hobhouse
  • Mr. Kipling is one of the great men of the age, the first Imperialist of the Empire.
  • Extract from : « The Red Watch » by J. A. Currie
  • I am no Imperialist, and only on rare and proper occasions a Jingo.
  • Extract from : « Eugenics and Other Evils » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The imperialist armies had gained victories, and had taken cities.
  • Extract from : « The Thirty Years' War » by Samuel Rawson Gardiner
  • He prophesies that in twenty years all Italy will be Imperialist.
  • Extract from : « The Fruits of Victory » by Norman Angell

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