imperialize
Extend sovereign control
To imperialize is to bring under imperial rule or influence, or to make imperial in character.
The word appears in discussions of colonial expansion and foreign policy: The European powers sought to imperialize Africa in the nineteenth century.
It can also describe imposing one culture's values or systems on another: Critics accused the corporation of imperializing local markets.
Forcing into submission
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- overpowerDefeat by superior force
- conquerOvercome by force
- subdueBring under control
suppress · domination · vanquish · overthrow · repress · usurp · oppression · coercion
Foreign territorial takeover
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- expansionIncrease in scope
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
subjugate · settlement · protectorate · outpost · missionaries · colonists · indigenous · natives
Biased information for influence
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
- westernizationAdopting Euro-American practices
modernization · indoctrination · cooptation · infiltration · integration · neocolonialism · extraction · exploitation
Successive family rulers
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
- sultanateSultan-ruled state
caliphate · emirate · tsardom · throne · succession · regency · coronation · pharaoh
Organizational oversight and control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
mandate · executive · judiciary · constitution · ratification · legitimacy · protocol · enactment
subjugation
Forcing into submission
subdue · suppress · domination · vanquish · overthrow · repress · usurp · oppression · coercion · subordination
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- expansionIncrease in scope
conquest · subjugate · settlement · protectorate · outpost · missionaries · colonists · indigenous · natives · plantation
propaganda
Biased information for influence
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
westernization · modernization · indoctrination · cooptation · infiltration · integration · neocolonialism · extraction · exploitation
dynasty
Successive family rulers
sultanate · caliphate · emirate · tsardom · throne · succession · regency · coronation · pharaoh · satrapy
administration
Organizational oversight and control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
regulation · mandate · executive · judiciary · constitution · ratification · legitimacy · protocol · enactment · jurisprudence
imperializeliberate
Set free from captivity
decolonize · free · emancipate · democratize · enfranchise
imperializedecolonize
End foreign rule
indigenize · localize · nativize · decentralize · repatriate
- 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
imperialism, imperialist, imperialized, imperialisms, imperializes, imperializing