Imperialism

Definitions: Imperialism

Imperialism

Noun

1. A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries.

2. A political orientation that advocates imperial interests.

3. Any instance of aggressive extension of authority.

Date "imperialism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1903. (references)

Synonyms: Imperialism

Synonyms: Colonialism, Expansionism. (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Imperialism

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Imperialism is the political theory of the acquisition and maintenance of empires. The term is used to describe the policy of a country in maintaining colonies and dominance over distant lands, regardless of whether the country calls itself an empire.

Imperialists normally hold the belief that the acquisition and maintenance of empires is a positive good, combined with an assumption of cultural or other such superiority inherent to the imperial power. Subjects of imperial and post-imperial governments and those sympathetic to them have often considered imperialism to be an exploitive evil. This view has even been held by the subjects or citizens of the state which holds an imperial sway over other nations or peoples.

Origins of the word "Imperialism"

The term imperialism was a new word in the mid-19th century. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), it was first recorded in 1858, to describe Pax Britannica. At this time, imperialism was regarded as a new phenomenon deserving of a new word to describe it. However its intellectual roots can certainly be traced as far back as Dante, who in his Monarchia depicted a world with a single political focus and governed by rationalism. Dante was very influential on John Dee, who coined the term British Empire in the late sixteenth century. Although a hermeticist deeply involved in magic, Dee was instrumental in creating the intellectual and scientific environment whereby English seafarers such as Humphrey Gilbert, Martin Frobisher and Walter Raleigh could set the groundwork for a maritime empire.

According to the OED, in 19th Century England, imperialism, was generally used only to describe English policies. However, soon after the invention of the term, imperialism was used in reference to policies of the Roman Empire. In the 20th century, the term has been used to describe the policies of both the Soviet Union and the United States although analytically these differed greatly from each other and from 19th-century imperialism. Furthermore, the term has been expanded to apply, in general, to any historical instance of the aggrandizement of a greater power at the expense of a lesser power.

Crosswords: Imperialism

English words defined with "imperialism": imperialist, imperialistic ♦ manifest destiny. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Imperialism" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (imperialism), Swedish (imperialism).

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Modern Usage: Imperialism

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	A product of capitalist imperialism. (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut)
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Commercial Usage: Imperialism

Domain	Title
Books	Globalization Unmasked: Imperialism in the 21st Century (reference) Imperialism (reference) Tender Violence: Domestic Visions in an Age of U.S. Imperialism (Cultural Studies of the United States) (reference) The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940 (reference) The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Cheerleaders for Imperialism (reference) Presocratics Serve Imperialism [EP] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Imperialism 2: Age of Exploration (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Imperialism

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Cuba	The Constitution provides for the granting of asylum to individuals persecuted "for their ideals or struggles for democratic rights against imperialism, fascism, colonialism, and neocolonialism; against discrimination and racism; for national liberation; for the rights of workers, peasants, and students; for their progressive political, scientific, artistic, and literary activities; and for socialism and peace." However, the Government has no formal mechanism to process asylum for foreign nationals. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Imperialism

"Imperialism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.52% of the time. "Imperialism" is used about 421 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.52%	419	13,566
Noun (proper)	0.48%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	421	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Imperialism

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "imperialism": Anti-imperialism, neo-imperialism, post-imperialism, quasi-imperialism.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Imperialism

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
imperialism	387
american imperialism	44
european imperialism	20
cultural imperialism	19
british imperialism	18
age of imperialism	15
imperialism us	14
definition imperialism	13
imperialism 2	12
imperialism ii	12
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Modern Translations: Imperialism

Language		Translations for "imperialism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		imperializëm. (various references)

Arabic		‏إستعمار. (various references)

Bulgarian		управление на император, империализъм. (various references)

Chinese		帝國主義 , 帝国主义 (imperialistic). (various references)

Czech		imperialismus. (various references)

Dutch		imperialisme. (various references)

Esperanto		imperiismo, imperialismo. (various references)

French		impérialisme. (various references)

German		Imperialismus. (various references)

Greek		ιμπεριαλισμόσ, αποικιοκρατεία, αυτοκρατορία (autocracy, empire). (various references)

Hebrew		אימפריאליזם. (various references)

Hungarian		imperializmus. (various references)

Indonesian		imperialisme. (various references)

Italian		imperialismo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		勤王 (loyalism), 勤皇 , 帝�"� (imperial government, monarchical rule), 帝国主義 , 帝制 (imperial government, monarchical rule). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		き�"のう (cash payment, loyalism), ていせい (correction, imperial government, low voice, monarchical rule, music of the state of Zheng, qualitative, revision, stability of a substance, whisper), てい�"くしゅぎ. (various references)

Manx		impiroilaghys. (various references)

Papiamen		imperialismo. (various references)

Pig Latin		imperialismay.(various references)

Portuguese		imperialismo (imperialist), topázio imperial. (various references)

Romanian		imperialism. (various references)

Russian		империализм. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		imperijalizam. (various references)

Spanish		imperialismo. (various references)

Swedish		imperialism. (various references)

Turkish		yayılımcılık, emperyalizm. (various references)

Turkmen		imperializm (r). (various references)

Ukranian		імперіалізм. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Imperialism

Derivations
	Words beginning with "imperialism": imperialisms. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Imperialism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emperialism, impearialism, imperalism, imperiaism, imperiali, imperialiam, imperialis, imperialsim, imperlialism, Impuritatis. (additional references)
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Rhyming with "Imperialism"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "imperialism" (pronounced i'mpi"rēuli'zum)
9	-i" r ē u l i' z u m	materialism.
8	-r ē u l i' z u m	territorialism.
7	-ē u l i' z u m	colonialism, parochialism.
6	-u l i' z u m	bilingualism, cannibalism, capitalism, centralism, commercialism, dualism, emotionalism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, evangelism, factionalism, fatalism, federalism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, gradualism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, journalism, legalism, liberalism, mercantilism, metabolism, minimalism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, nationalism, naturalism, neutralism, nihilism, pastoralism, paternalism, pluralism, populism, professionalism, provincialism, racialism, radicalism, sensationalism, socialism, supernaturalism, symbolism, vandalism.
5	-l i' z u m	alcoholism, botulism, embolism, idealism, parallelism, realism, surrealism.
4	-i' z u m	abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bolshevism, boosterism, catechism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, empiricism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, fanaticism, fascism, favoritism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, illusionism, impressionism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, leftism, lesbianism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, mechanism, mesmerism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, mysticism, narcissism, nativism, negativism, nepotism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parkinsonism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, polymorphism, polytheism, positivism, pragmatism, protectionism, puritanism, racism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, statism, stoicism, synergism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism.
3	-z u m	bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm.
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Anagrams: Imperialism

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-i-l-m-m-p-r-s"
	-2 letters: imperials.
	-3 letters: impalers, impearls, imperial, imperils, imprimis, lempiras, limpsier, ramilies.
	-4 letters: impairs, impaler, impales, impearl, imperia, imperil, implies, impresa, lampers, lempira, limmers, limpers, mailers, maimers, malmier, melisma, milreis, palmers, palmier, pismire, prelims, primsie, ramilie, realism, remails, rimples, sampler, similar, simpler, slammer, slimier, slimmer, spammer.
	-5 letters: aimers, ampler, ariels, armies, aspire, emails, espial, immies, impair, impale, impels, lapser, lemmas, liaise, limier, limmer, limpas, limper, lipase, lisper, mailer, mailes, maimer, mamies, maples, mesial, milers, milpas, mimers, misaim, mislie, palier, palmer, paries, parles, pearls, perils, pliers, praise, prelim, primal, primas, primes, ramies, realms, remail, remaps, resail, rimple, sailer, samiel, sample, serail, serial, simile, simmer, simper, simple, smiler, spiral, spirea, spirem.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-i-l-m-m-p-r-s"
	+1 letter: imperialisms.
	+2 letters: semiempirical.
	+5 letters: impermeabilities, premillennialism, semipermeability.
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