expansionistic
Adjective
Meaning
expansionistic (comparative more expansionistic, superlative most expansionistic)
Of, or pertaining to expansionism.
Synonyms
Examples
Hanson argues that Vladimir Putin is the embodiment of "eternal Russia", an aggressively expansionistic and anti-Western nation whose people are innately anti-democratic.
In 500 BC the Persian Empire was still relatively young and highly expansionistic, but prone to revolts amongst its subject peoples.