im‧pe‧ri‧al‧is‧m /ɪmˈpɪəriəlɪz
əm $ -ˈpɪr-/
noun [uncountable]1. a political system in which one country rules a lot of other countries ⇒
colonialism:
a book on the history of British imperialism2. the way in which a rich or powerful country’s way of life, culture, businesses etc influence and change a poorer country’s way of life etc
cultural/economic/social etc imperialism Small nations resent Western cultural imperialism.—imperialist noun [countable]—imperialist,
imperialistic adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲