单词 | imperializing |
释义 | imperializingn. The action of behaving in an imperial manner; (also) the action of subjecting something to imperial rule or influence. ΚΠ 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 157 They delight in tyranny, and account Emperializing a qualitie proper for great Personages. 1857 Q. Rev. July 41/2 As one step towards this goal, there should be a total imperializing of Ireland. 1967 R. R. Ruether Church against Itself vi. 108 This imperialising of the church, and the subordination of the bishops to the sovereign papacy was..a long time in being translated into reality. 1999 R. Pettman in B. Hettne et al. Globalism & New Regionalism vii. 195 The manufacturing and marketing success of Japan..has not led, in the post-war period, to territorial imperializing of the British kind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). imperializingadj. That makes a place, thing, etc., imperial. ΚΠ 1846 Dublin Mag. Jan. 47 What motive of policy—even of English or imperializing policy—can our misguided rulers plead? 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. 444 It was all part of an imperialising policy. 1930 F. D. Kershner Pioneers of Christian Thought iii. 82 This imperializing tendency soon came to dominate the church. 1998 J. Black Why Wars Happen v. 188 The notion of a mission to maintain peace and stability reflected the imperializing nature of power in this period. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1634adj.1846 |
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