expansionists
Advocates for growth
Expansionists are people who advocate for expanding a country's territory, economic reach, or sphere of influence.
The term usually appears in political and historical contexts: Nineteenth-century expansionists pushed for westward settlement.
It can also describe those favoring growth in other domains—corporate expansionists seeking new markets, or monetary expansionists advocating increased money supply.
Keen-eyed birds of prey
- interventionistsSupporters of external involvement
- imperialistsProponents of territorial domination
- colonialistsOccupiers of foreign lands
- nationalistsAdvocates for homeland interests
militarists · warhawks · proponents · zealots · champions · boosters · visionaries · pioneers
Domain under unified control
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- dominationSupreme authority held
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- colonizersThose who establish foreign control
subjugation · sovereignty · protectorate · exploitation · viceroy · mandate · suzerainty · dominion
Land under jurisdiction
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- incorporationForming a legal entity
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
takeover · encroachment · borders · frontiers · land grab · occupation · invasion · conquest
Obvious, inescapable fate
- territorialismDefensive claim over space
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- pan-nationalismIdeology uniting dispersed peoples
- jingoismBellicose extreme patriotism
exceptionalism · revanchism · geopolitics · power politics · realpolitik · ethnocentrism · civilizing mission
Trade gathering places
- trade routesPaths for exchanging goods
- resourcesAvailable assets or supplies
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
trading posts · plantations · extraction · monopolies · raw materials · tariffs · protectionism · sphere of influence
hawks
Keen-eyed birds of prey
- interventionistsSupporters of external involvement
- imperialistsProponents of territorial domination
- colonialistsOccupiers of foreign lands
nationalists · militarists · warhawks · proponents · zealots · champions · boosters · visionaries · pioneers · settlers
empire
Domain under unified control
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- dominationSupreme authority held
- hegemonyDominant group's control
colonizers · subjugation · sovereignty · protectorate · exploitation · viceroy · mandate · suzerainty · dominion · annexation
territory
Land under jurisdiction
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- incorporationForming a legal entity
seizure · takeover · encroachment · borders · frontiers · land grab · occupation · invasion · conquest · enlargement
manifest destiny
Obvious, inescapable fate
- territorialismDefensive claim over space
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- pan-nationalismIdeology uniting dispersed peoples
jingoism · exceptionalism · revanchism · geopolitics · power politics · realpolitik · ethnocentrism · civilizing mission
markets
Trade gathering places
- trade routesPaths for exchanging goods
- resourcesAvailable assets or supplies
- exploitationSelfish use of others
mercantilism · trading posts · plantations · extraction · monopolies · raw materials · tariffs · protectionism · sphere of influence · foreign investment
- colonizerscolonists, conquistadors, settlers, imperialists, invaders
expansionistsisolationists
Those opposing foreign involvement
anti-imperialists · neutralists · pacifists · protectionists · nationalists
- territorial expansionismPursuing larger national boundaries