Wondering how to use Imperialism in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as ideology or control.
Imperialism in a sentence
Imperialism meaning
- The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.
- Any undue extension of political, intellectual, or other forms of authority, particularly in regards to systems that benefit the Western world at the cost of the Global South.
Using Imperialism
- The main meaning on this page is: The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations. | Any undue extension of political, intellectual, or other forms of authority, particularly in regards to systems that benefit the Western world at the cost of the Global South.
- Useful related words include: foreign policy, political orientation, ideology, political theory.
- In the example corpus, imperialism often appears in combinations such as: of imperialism, imperialism and, imperialism in.
Context around Imperialism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Imperialism
- In this selection, "imperialism" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, russian, define, citation, reflected, represented and truly stand out and add context to how "imperialism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about anti imperialism and age of imperialism a time. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "imperialism" sits close to words such as agitation, alec and bluff, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with imperialism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For Kautsky, imperialism represented a policy adopted by the monopolists. (10 words)
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (New York: International Publishers, 1939). (11 words)
None of those civilians needed to die for Putin's imperialism. (11 words)
P. 9. Imperialism is defined as "A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force." citation Imperialism is particularly focused on the control that one group, often a state power, has on another group of people. (42 words)
Age of Imperialism The Age of Imperialism, a time period beginning around 1700, saw (generally European) industrializing nations, engaging in the process of colonizing, influencing, and annexing other parts of the world in order to gain political power. (38 words)
This internal form is distinct from informal U.S. imperialism in the form of political and financial hegemony. citation This internal form of imperialism is also distinct from the United States' formation of "colonies" abroad. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Age of Imperialism The Age of Imperialism, a time period beginning around 1700, saw (generally European) industrializing nations, engaging in the process of colonizing, influencing, and annexing other parts of the world in order to gain political power.
On the other hand, advocates of American influence define imperialism as colonialism to some degree and claim protectionism, rather than imperialism, as the rationale for recent American international behavior.
P. 9. Imperialism is defined as "A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force." citation Imperialism is particularly focused on the control that one group, often a state power, has on another group of people.
This internal form is distinct from informal U.S. imperialism in the form of political and financial hegemony. citation This internal form of imperialism is also distinct from the United States' formation of "colonies" abroad.
All of this together prevents Ukraine from easily explaining to the world its confrontation with imperialism.
And for the cultural (including academic) apparatuses of Western imperialism, this is not permissible, and for this he is penalized.
At its core, "Frozen II" is about trying to repair the effects of imperialism and erasure on generations.
China’s deepening attachment to economic imperialism — reflected in its control of large swathes of African mining, industry, trade and agriculture — also makes Taiwan an inviting target.
Even before the war, experts pointed to a distinct set of ideas and beliefs coming from the Russian President, centred on rejecting the West and Russian imperialism, that were shaping Russia.
For Kautsky, imperialism represented a policy adopted by the monopolists.
For Lenin, however, imperialism was a stage, the latest stage, of capitalist development, the stage of monopoly capital that succeeded competitive capital.
He continued, "I often say to people, 'Star Wars' is about swashbuckling rebels overtaking an empire, but people don't necessarily just focus on that as being about freedom or being about anti-imperialism.
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (New York: International Publishers, 1939).
It means backing liberation movements and turning the fight against imperialism on our leaders.
It’s a combination of Indiana Jones, a serious film about imperialism, and Bollywood.
None of those civilians needed to die for Putin's imperialism.
Of course the only thing U.S. imperialism truly “stands for” is its “right” to dominate the world economy.
Others only thinly veil their extremism in traditional Orthodox Russian imperialism, exemplified by the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) leadership and former paramilitary commander Igor Strelkov aka Girkin.
Saudi Arabia and the US want to establish a football empire—football imperialism of sorts—whereas Europe desperately wants it to be the hub of football.
The Circassian genocide - including the mass expulsion of indigenous people and the creation of a huge diaspora across the Middle East - was one of the darkest hours of Russian imperialism.
Common combinations with imperialism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of imperialism 28×
- imperialism and 27×
- imperialism in 13×
- and imperialism 13×
- british imperialism 13×
- us imperialism 12×
- imperialism is 10×
- western imperialism 9×
- russian imperialism 7×
- against imperialism 7×