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单词 imperialistic
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Definition of imperialistic in English:

imperialistic

adjective ɪmpɪərɪəˈlɪstɪkɪmˌpɪriəˈlɪstɪk
  • Relating to or characterized by a policy of imperialism.

    imperialistic attitudes
    imperialistic invasions of foreign countries
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Producers and directors are continually heard whingeing that Hollywood is too culturally imperialistic.
    • The Meiji Restoration saw the beginning of its imperialistic ambitions as the country waged several wars, including the 1894-1895 Sino-Japanese War.
    • India was the centerpiece of Britain's imperialistic exploits.
    • Isocrates believed that only a grand imperialistic project could put an end to the endemic warfare among the Greeks.
    • I do admire all explorers, obviously imperialistic or otherwise.
    • The Romans, Alexander, and many others of the ancient world waged imperialistic wars.
    • I hotly commented on branding as a form of imperialistic cultural colonialism.
    • For all participants, the campaigns in South-East Asia and the Pacific were imperialistic.
    • The newly formed Italian government began to make plans to achieve its imperialistic goals.
    • Millions of college students are taught the Leninist idea that capitalist economies are inherently imperialistic.

Derivatives

  • imperialistically

  • adverb-ˈlɪstɪk(ə)li
    • We are attempting to be culturally sensitive to local movements (ie, the Taliban) and trying to work within those frameworks - as opposed to imposing (acting imperialistically) our will on others.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The U.S. attempt to return to isolation between 1919 and 1939 is interpreted as a misguided reaction to the discovery that Britain and France had imperialistically negotiated secret treaties during World War I.
      • Membership included Liberal Imperialist MPs, a number of Fabians, Liberal landowners, imperialistically minded journalists, and nonconformist ministers.
      • George Curzon and Rudyard Kipling may have been "imperialistically arrogant," but they were also "culturally humble."
      • In India, local sentiment insists that Bombay is now Mumbai, Madras is Chennai, and Calcutta now Kolkata: three cities that were essentially developed (admittedly exploitatively and imperialistically) by the British.
      • Nation-states have proliferated out of what since Rome were imperialistically colonized tribes.
      • Under the new imperialistically minded leadership of Theodore Roosevelt as president, the army was reorganized along the lines of the major military powers of Europe.
      • He could also be said to be imperialistically imposing Western categories on other cultures.
      • Feminism is seen as a product of U.S. culture, imperialistically imposed upon Puerto Ricans.

Definition of imperialistic in US English:

imperialistic

adjectiveimˌpirēəˈlistikɪmˌpɪriəˈlɪstɪk
  • Relating to or characterized by a policy of imperialism.

    imperialistic attitudes
    imperialistic invasions of foreign countries
    Example sentencesExamples
    • India was the centerpiece of Britain's imperialistic exploits.
    • I do admire all explorers, obviously imperialistic or otherwise.
    • The newly formed Italian government began to make plans to achieve its imperialistic goals.
    • The Romans, Alexander, and many others of the ancient world waged imperialistic wars.
    • The Meiji Restoration saw the beginning of its imperialistic ambitions as the country waged several wars, including the 1894-1895 Sino-Japanese War.
    • Isocrates believed that only a grand imperialistic project could put an end to the endemic warfare among the Greeks.
    • Producers and directors are continually heard whingeing that Hollywood is too culturally imperialistic.
    • I hotly commented on branding as a form of imperialistic cultural colonialism.
    • For all participants, the campaigns in South-East Asia and the Pacific were imperialistic.
    • Millions of college students are taught the Leninist idea that capitalist economies are inherently imperialistic.
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