imperialist

English

Etymology

From imperial +‎ -ist, after French impérialiste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɪəɹiəlɪst/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

imperialist (comparative more imperialist, superlative most imperialist)

  1. Of, or relating to imperialism.
    • 1981, Anouar Abdel-Malek, Social Dialectics: Nation and Revolution, page 13:
      On the other hand, the nationalitarian phenomenon is one in which the struggle against the imperialist powers of occupation has as its object, beyond the clearing of the national territory, the independence and sovereignty of the national State, uprooting in depth the positions of the ex-colonial power— the reconquest of the power of decision in all domains of national life, the prelude to that reconquest of identity which is at the heart of the renaissance undertaken on the basis of fundamental national demands, and ceaselessly contested, by every means available, on every level, and notably on the internal level'.

Translations

Noun

imperialist (plural imperialists)

  1. An advocate of imperialism.
    • 2010 August 22, “North Korea demands apology, reparations from Japan over colonization”, in CNN[1]:
      "The Japanese imperialists enforced the harshest colonial rule in history over Korea, bringing unspeakably horrible misfortune and sufferings and disasters to the Korean nation," said a spokesman for the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.

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Danish

Etymology

From French impérialiste.

Noun

imperialist c (singular definite imperialisten, plural indefinite imperialister)

  1. an imperialist

Declension

Declension of imperialist
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative imperialist imperialisten imperialister imperialisterne
genitive imperialists imperialistens imperialisters imperialisternes

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French impérialiste.

Noun

imperialist m (plural imperialiști)

  1. imperialist

Declension

Declension of imperialist
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative imperialist imperialistul imperialiști imperialiștii
genitive-dative imperialist imperialistului imperialiști imperialiștilor
vocative imperialistule imperialiștilor

Swedish

Noun

imperialist c

  1. an imperialist

Declension

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