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annexational, a.|ænɪkˈseɪʃənəl| [f. annexation + -al1.] Of, pertaining to, or relating to annexation. So anneˈxationism, advocacy of, or a policy aiming at, annexation; annexative |əˈnɛksətɪv| a., disposed to annex territory, given to annexation.
1850Carlyle Latter-d. Pamph. (1872) iv. 127 A regular statistic of Annexationism. 1869Nation 8 Apr. 267 They..are availing themselves of the strong annexational fever which now rages. 1918A. Gray tr. R. Grelling's The Crime II. i. 24 That a belligerent state..should..make known annexational intentions. 1921Contemp. Rev. Dec. 723 A nation..insatiably aggressive and annexative. 1940Manch. Guardian Weekly 19 Apr. 312/3 There assembled..in the Prussian Parliament on July 7 1915..about fifty persons who were concerned to oppose this mischievous annexationism. |