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annexationism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The tendency or policy of annexing (appropriating) additional territories.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

From annexation + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: işğalçılıq — tendency to annex territories
  • Azerbaijani: ilhaqçılıq — tendency to annex territories
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兼併主義 /兼并主义 — tendency to annex territories
  • Chinese Mandarin: 領土擴張政策 /领土扩张政策 (lǐngtǔ kuòzhāng zhèngcè) — tendency to annex territories
  • Finnish: laajentumispyrkimys — tendency to annex territories
  • French: annexionisme — tendency to annex territories
  • German: Annexionismus — tendency to annex territories
  • Hungarian: annexiós politika — tendency to annex territories
  • Polish: aneksjonizm — tendency to annex territories
  • Portuguese: anexionismo — tendency to annex territories
  • Romanian: anexionism — tendency to annex territories
  • Spanish: anexionismo — tendency to annex territories
  • Ukrainian: анексіоні́зм (aneksionízm) — tendency to annex territories