expansionist

English

Etymology

From expansion +‎ -ist.

Adjective

expansionist (comparative more expansionist, superlative most expansionist)

1. Of or pertaining to expansionism.
   • 2021 August 11, Industry Insider, “Rail ambitions in Wales”, in RAIL, number 937, page 68:

     Unlike passenger demand forecasts in England, that have resulted in the removal of 20% of service capacity in the May 2022 timetable, Welsh Ministers acting through the TfW agency are continuing an expansionist agenda for rail services under their control.

Synonyms

• expansionistic

Translations

relating to expansionism

• Armenian: ծավալապաշտական (hy) (cavalapaštakan), էքսպանսիոնիստական (hy) (ēkʻspansionistakan)
• Danish: ekspansionistisk, som ønsker at udvide sin magt, som ønsker at udvide sit område
• Finnish: laajentumiseen pyrkivä, laajentumishaluinen, ekspansionistinen
• French: expansionniste (fr)
• German: expansionistisch
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ekspansjonistisk

  Nynorsk: ekspansjonistisk

• Polish: ekspansjonistyczny
• Romanian: expansionist (ro)
• Russian: экспансиони́стский (ru) (ekspansionístskij)
• Ukrainian: експансіоні́стський (ekspansionístsʹkyj)

Noun

expansionist (plural expansionists)

1. An advocate of expansionism.
   • 1982 November 21, Richard E. Welch Jr., “IMPERIAL ADVENTURE”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Mr. Miller argues convincingly that a majority of Americans shared the romantic nationalism of such expansionists as Theodore Roosevelt and Sen. Albert Beveridge and participated vicariously in their dreams of martial glory and expanding markets.

Translations

an advocate of expansionism

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• Armenian: ծավալապաշտ (hy) (cavalapašt), էքսպանսիոնիստ (hy) (ēkʻspansionist)
• Azerbaijani: ekspansionist
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: ekspansionisti, laajentumisen kannattaja
• French: expansionniste (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Expansionist m, Expansionistin f
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• Polish: ekspansjonista m
• Romanian: expansionist (ro) m, expansionistă f
• Russian: экспансиони́ст (ru) m (ekspansioníst), экспансиони́стка f (ekspansionístka)
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• Ukrainian: експансіоні́ст m (ekspansioníst), експансіоні́стка f (ekspansionístka)

References

• “expansionist”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian экспансионист (ekspansionist) or German Expansionist. Equivalent to expansiune +‎ -ist.

Adjective

expansionist m or n (feminine singular expansionistă, masculine plural expansioniști, feminine and neuter plural expansioniste)

1. expansionist

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	expansionist		expansionistă		expansioniști	expansioniste
	definite	expansionistul		expansionista		expansioniștii	expansionistele
genitive- dative	indefinite	expansionist		expansioniste		expansioniști	expansioniste
	definite	expansionistului		expansionistei		expansioniștilor	expansionistelor