Imperialism

When a powerful nation dominates weaker nations


Word Structure

im-PEER-ee-uh-liz-uhm

Sentence Examples

Imperialism inspires empires.

Imperialism was a force.

Imperialism expands a country's influence.

Semantic Relatives

colonization

conquer

country

empire

power

settler

Morphological Relatives 1

empire

imperial

imperialist

nationalism



Textbook

Explore World History Chapter 9 by Attainment

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