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imperialistic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɪmˌpɪəɹi.əlˈɪstɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ɪmˌpɪɹi.əˈlɪstɪk/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P IY2 R IY0 AH0 L IH1 S T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to imperialism or imperialists; favoring imperialism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to imperialism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • imperialistic wars

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: imperialist

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From imperialist + -ic or imperial + -istic.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: իմպերիալիստական (imperialistakan) — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Armenian: կայսերապաշտական (kayserapaštakan) — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Baluchi: سامراجی — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Catalan: imperialista — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Czech: imperialistický — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Dutch: imperialistisch — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Esperanto: imperialisma — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Finnish: imperialistinen — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • French: impérialiste — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Galician: imperialista — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • German: imperialistisch — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Indonesian: imperialistik — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Latvian: imperiālistisks — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Macedonian: империјалистички (imperijalistički) — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: imperialistisk — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: imperialistisk — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Polish: imperialistyczny — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Russian: империалисти́ческий (imperialistíčeskij) — of or pertaining to imperialism
  • Spanish: imperialista — of or pertaining to imperialism