imperialism

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Recent Examples of imperialism Their love story adds a sentimental layer that, in competing for narrative space, dilutes this send-up of American imperialism. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025 On Inner Excellence, Caesarism, nationalism, imperialism, ‘Newscum,’ Starbucks, and more A football player made a self-help book the hottest seller in the country. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025 One definition of economic imperialism is a strong country using its power to exert control over the economic resources and policies of weaker ones. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2025 In Russia, the autocratic leader Vladimir Putin has embraced an ideology of nationalist imperialism, consolidating economic resources through state expansionism; Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has corroded the global norm against territorial conquest. Michael Brenes, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for imperialism
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Noun
  • The Russian foreign policy establishment always speculated that Europe would be most likely to eventually seek rapprochement with Moscow, while U.S. hostility to Russia was thought to be hard-wired.
    Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Guy Pearce is an antagonistic delight wielding passive-aggressive hostility as the main character’s benefactor, and Felicity Jones, as the architect’s loyal wife, is the heart of the piece who steps up when her spouse can’t.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Ukraine wants a clear security guarantee to deter Russian aggression down the line, but the U.S. wants to discuss that later.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Charles has been demonstrative in his support for Ukraine defending itself against Russian aggression, issuing statements and making regular visits to relief organizations that help refugees from the war, as the New York Times pointed out.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Only a few years later, John Dewey came out in support of American intervention against Prussian militarism, imagining that, in a two-birds-one-stone way, the war effort could also promote social reform.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
  • While both its lampooning of U.S. militarism and its central character drama lack follow-through, the film contains bright comedic sparks in its keen observations about American media.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • On a war of old; the identity of Jimmy Lai; Judge Webster vs. Kash Patel; patriotism vs. jingoism; and more For many years after 2001, the New York City skyline was an affront to me.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Does the industry have its new Medium Cool moment, pushing back on a president who dubs anti-American any art that doesn’t fit his politics of jingoism and exclusion?
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025

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