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What does imperialism mean?

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Noun
  1. The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.
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His late writings examined the emergence of Russia as a world power, opening an era of global imperialism and war.
In reply, Van Auken explained that the Soviet Stalinist regime had proven a false counterweight to imperialism.
The latter had pledged to sweep all traces of Zionism, imperialism and the forces of reaction in the Arab world.
Nor should this be seen purely as a matter of cultural imperialism or ethnocentric prejudice.
A bewigged Quebecois gives us a history lesson on imperialism in politics and the cinema.
To claim that the global acceptance of a US passport somehow equals white imperialism is silly.

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