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imperialist|ɪmˈpɪərɪəlɪst|
[f. imperial a. + -ist: cf. F. impérialiste (16th c. in Littré).]
1. An adherent of the (or an) emperor (usually, 1600–1800, of the German Emperor); one of the emperor's party.
1603Knolles Hist. Turks (J.), The imperialists imputed the cause of so shameful a flight unto the Venetians. 1644Vicars God in Mount 202 Our Romish adversaries the Imperialists, even the most bloody and idolatrous House of Austria. 1656–9B. Harris Parival's Iron Age (ed. 2) 119 Favouring the factions of the Guelphs, against the Gibellins, or Imperialists. 1677I. Mather Preval. Prayer (1864) 249 The Emperour Marcus Aurelius going to war against the Quads, Vandals, Sarmats and Germans..the Imperialists were so cooped up by their numerous Enemies. 1786W. Thomson Watson's Philip III, vi. (1839) 347 Count Thorn, having in vain endeavoured to bring the Imperialists to an action..set out for Prague. 1835Alison Europe xxiii. (1854) IV. 42 Sporck..succeeded in joining the main body of the Imperialists. 1900Westm. Gaz. 14 Sept. 2/2 It is interesting to note a new use of the word Imperialist in to-day's Daily News: ‘A troop of American cavalry surprised 300 Imperialists at Shaho...’ This is from Pekin—clearly Imperialist is to be the way of distinguishing the Chinese Imperial troops from rebel Boxers.
2. An advocate of imperial rule, or of an imperial form of government.
Esp. in France, an adherent of the Bonaparte family, under which the First and Second Empires were set up.
1800W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. VIII. 599 These imperious imperialists are so effectually served as to bespeak at the same time a law against their antagonists in courts not allied. 1817J. Scott Paris Revis. (ed. 4) 315 People of all parties, royalists, imperialists, and republicans, affected..a fine indignant surprise at the bare suggestion.
3. An advocate of ‘imperialism’ in British or American politics.
1899G. Wyndham in Daily News 23 Jan. 7/5 An Imperialist..is a man who does accept the fact that his country is a part, is, indeed, the head and heart of an Empire scattered the whole world over. 1899Westm. Gaz. 26 Jan. 2/2 An Imperialist is one who..does not hesitate to do what is necessary to provide for the defence and development of the Empire. 1899J. L. Walton in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 306 The Imperialist feels a profound pride in the magnificent heritage of empire won by the courage and energies of his ancestry, and bequeathed to him subject to the burden of many sacred trusts. 1899Nation (N.Y.) 27 Apr. 303/2 English setters-on of American Imperialists are just now loud in their cries that America must not ‘retreat’. They trust we have too much pride and resolution to turn tail in the Philippines. 1900Congress. Rec. 11 Jan. 766/2 The trouble with these imperialists is that they confound the Government of the United States with their puny President.
4. An advocate of ‘imperialism’ (sense 3).
1963[see capitulationism]. 1969Times 8 Aug. 1/2 ‘We all know,’ Mr. Katushev said, ‘how violently the imperialists are fighting on all fronts..to give support to anti-socialist forces.’
5. attrib. or as adj. Adhering or pertaining to imperialism; imperialistic. Also Comb.
1868Freeman Norm. Conq. II. vii. 79 The first of the series of German or other Imperialist prelates. 1879Green Read. Eng. Hist. xx. 103 The imperialist theories of the lawyers of his father's court. 1898Speaker 31 Dec. 770 The English people is neither Imperialist nor Jingo. 1899J. Pulitzer in Daily News 2 May 4/3 The new departure from our [U.S.] constitutional government which the present imperialist policy means. 1937[see capitalist]. 1957C. Hunt Guide to Communist Jargon xxiv. 83 Lenin does not seem to have regarded the actual possession of an empire as essential to it [sc. imperialism], so that, according to his theory, the United States is an imperialist Power, as communist propaganda daily represents it. 1967H. Arendt Origins Totalitarianism (new ed.) v. 130 The imperialist-minded businessmen were followed by civil servants who wanted ‘the African to be left an African’. Ibid. viii. 257 The imperialist-inspired ‘parties above parties’ had never known how to profit from popular hatred of the party system as such. 1969Times 8 Aug. 1/2 President Ceausescu [of Rumania] argued that the socialist world was strong enough to safeguard itself against imperialist tactics. Ibid. 21 Aug. 7/3 The Soviet Union stood revealed for what it now is—an imperialist power. 1973D. Miller Chinese Jade Affair xviii. 174 The K.M.T. group..would probably suggest that K. Lawson was engaged in a typical Western imperialist plot. |