imperialism
Domination through conquest
Imperialism is a policy of extending a nation's power through conquest, colonization, or economic domination of other territories.
The term usually carries negative connotations, suggesting exploitation of weaker peoples for the benefit of the imperial power: British imperialism in India, American imperialism in Latin America.
Critics apply it broadly to any aggressive assertion of influence: cultural imperialism, corporate imperialism.
Foreign territorial takeover
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- protectorateGuarded semi-autonomous territory
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
settler · plantation · indigenous · missionary · conquest · dependency · governor · outpost
Defeating and seizing control
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- gunboat diplomacyPersuasion through naval presence
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
expeditionary · subjugation · pacification · garrison · naval power · war · annexation · partition
Dominant group's control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- dominationSupreme authority held
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- sphere of influenceZone of dominant authority
puppet state · protectorate · mandate · vassal · client state · suzerainty · partition · scramble
Adopting Euro-American practices
- cultural hegemonyDominant group's normalized beliefs
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- orientalismInterest in Eastern aesthetics
- cultural appropriationMisusing another group's traditions
globalization · ethnocentrism · acculturation · soft power · anglicization · Hollywood · Americanization · hybridization
Selfish use of others
- extractionAct of removing
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- trade monopolySingle-party market control
- resource extractionObtaining substances from nature
raw materials · cash crops · multinational · neocolonialism · debt trap · economic dependency · tariffs · markets
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- jingoismBellicose extreme patriotism
chauvinism · social Darwinism · civilizing mission · white man's burden · manifest destiny · expansionism · exceptionalism · liberation
Opposing imperial domination
- independenceFreedom from external control
- liberationRelease from constraint
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
rebellion · revolt · guerrilla · decolonization · self-determination · sovereignty · freedom fighters · martyrs
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- protectorateGuarded semi-autonomous territory
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
territory · settler · plantation · indigenous · missionary · conquest · dependency · governor · outpost · native
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- gunboat diplomacyPersuasion through naval presence
intervention · expeditionary · subjugation · pacification · garrison · naval power · war · annexation · partition · resistance
hegemony
Dominant group's control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- dominationSupreme authority held
- supremacyHighest rank or power
sphere of influence · puppet state · protectorate · mandate · vassal · client state · suzerainty · partition · scramble · Berlin Conference
westernization
Adopting Euro-American practices
- cultural hegemonyDominant group's normalized beliefs
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- orientalismInterest in Eastern aesthetics
cultural appropriation · globalization · ethnocentrism · acculturation · soft power · anglicization · Hollywood · Americanization · hybridization
exploitation
Selfish use of others
- extractionAct of removing
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- trade monopolySingle-party market control
resource extraction · raw materials · cash crops · multinational · neocolonialism · debt trap · economic dependency · tariffs · markets · commodities
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
jingoism · chauvinism · social Darwinism · civilizing mission · white man's burden · manifest destiny · expansionism · exceptionalism · liberation · Said
anti-colonial
Opposing imperial domination
- independenceFreedom from external control
- liberationRelease from constraint
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
uprising · rebellion · revolt · guerrilla · decolonization · self-determination · sovereignty · freedom fighters · martyrs · boycott
- geopoliticsbalance of power, bipolarity, bloc, blocs, brinkmanship
- history termsdynasty, Renaissance, Enlightenment, timeline, Industrial Revolution
- English influenceEnglish language, common law, parliamentary system, cricket, English literature
- colonialismcolony, colonization, colonial rule, colonial powers, colonies
- comparative historyrevolutions, modernization, industrialization, slavery, abolition
- Victorian IdeasVictorianism, Darwinism, social Darwinism, evolution, natural selection
imperialismanti-imperialism
Opposition to foreign domination
anti-colonialism · decolonization · counter-imperialism · antiimperialist · national liberation
imperialismsovereignty
Supreme independent authority
independence · decolonization · self-determination · national sovereignty · autonomy
imperialismisolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
non-interventionism · neutrality · non-alignment · insularity · disengagement
- American imperialismSuperpower extending dominance globally
- British imperialismUK's historical global dominance
- cultural imperialismDominant society imposing its ways
- European imperialismWestern domination of foreign lands
- Western imperialismEuropean domination of foreign lands
- French imperialismColonial expansion by Paris
imperialist, imperialistic, imperialists, anti-imperialism, imperialized, imperialisms, anti-imperialist