imperialists
Advocates of dominion
Imperialists are advocates or agents of imperialism—the policy of extending a nation's power through territorial acquisition, economic dominance, or political control over other peoples.
The term often carries critical weight: The imperialists carved up Africa with no regard for existing cultures.
In Marxist and anti-colonial discourse, imperialist describes capitalist nations exploiting weaker ones.
Someone called an imperialist today is usually being accused of supporting domination rather than praised for it.
Spanish colonial soldiers
- settlersThose who establish homes
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- explorersThose who venture unfamiliar lands
- governorsState or provincial leaders
viceroys · traders · plantations · colonies · protectorates · outposts · enclaves · expeditions
Dominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- subjugationForcing into submission
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
exploitation · control · coercion · chauvinism · jingoism · nationalism · militarism · interventionism
Defeating and seizing control
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
manifest destiny · partition · scramble · invasion · occupation · incorporation · protectorate · satellite states
conquistadors
Spanish colonial soldiers
- settlersThose who establish homes
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- explorersThose who venture unfamiliar lands
governors · viceroys · traders · plantations · colonies · protectorates · outposts · enclaves · expeditions · occupiers
hegemony
Dominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- subjugationForcing into submission
tyranny · exploitation · control · coercion · chauvinism · jingoism · nationalism · militarism · interventionism · gunboat diplomacy
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
colonialism · manifest destiny · partition · scramble · invasion · occupation · incorporation · protectorate · satellite states · buffer zones
monarchy
Rule by crowned sovereign
caliphate · khanate · shogunate · tsarism · raj · pharaoh · kaiser · tsar · colonial powers · Belgian Congo
- colonizerscolonists, conquistadors, settlers, invaders, occupiers
- enemiesenemy, foe, foes, adversary, nemesis
- bigotsbigot, bigots, racist, racists, sexist
- Political Factionsconservatives, Republicans, right wing, far right, hard right
- Royalistsmonarchists, monarchist, royalists, royalist, loyalists
imperialistsanti-imperialists
Opponents of territorial expansion
anti-colonialists · liberation movements · independence fighters · nationalists · subalterns
- 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