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expansionist, n. (and a.)|ɛkˈspænʃənɪst|
[f. expansion + -ist.]
One who advocates a policy or a theory of expansion, esp. an advocate of expansion of the currency, or of territorial expansion (see expansion 4 d). Also attrib.
1862Lit. Churchm. VIII. 339/1 ‘We look for the time’ (says the Expansionist) ‘and doubt not it will come’, etc. 1881Nation (N.Y.) XXXII. 160 Whether the new Secretary..would be an expansionist or a contractionist. 1884Goldw. Smith Expansion of Eng. in Contemp. Rev. Apr. 531 Standing on his historical island, the British Expansionist sees all the other communities of the race revolving round him. 1886F. B. Jevons in Jrnl. Hellenic Studies VII. 292 The expansionists [i.e. those who maintain that the Iliad was ‘expanded’ from an original shorter poem] therefore have set to work to remove these incrustations. Ibid. VII. 295 Fick himself supports the expansionist theory. 1898Daily News 3 Jan. 6/4 Truly a tempting country for an Expansionist son of Japhet to fix eye upon. Ibid. 14 Mar. 4/5 The editor of ‘The Free Press’ has been expelled from Siam for..advocating a French expansionist policy. 1898Westm. Gaz. 11 Nov. 1/2 Expansionist Republicans. 1909Ibid. 17 Apr. 2/1 It seems..doubtful if those reasons will commend themselves either to ‘Irredentists’ or to ‘Expansionists’. 1940Economist 10 Aug. 190/1 The banks, much more than the insurance companies, have the compensatory advantage that expansionist war finance means a progressive increase in earning assets. 1961Daily Tel. 29 Nov. 20/4 The Ethiopians are traditionally wary of a Somalia ‘expansionist’ policy. |