expansionist

From expansion +‎ -ist.

expansionist (comparative more expansionist, superlative most expansionist)

1. (politics) Of or pertaining to expansionism.
   • 2021 August 11, Industry Insider, “Rail ambitions in Wales”, in RAIL, number 937, page 68:

     Unlike passenger demand forecasts in England, that have resulted in the removal of 20% of service capacity in the May 2022 timetable, Welsh Ministers acting through the TfW agency are continuing an expansionist agenda for rail services under their control.

• expansionistic

expansionist (plural expansionists)

1. (international relations) An advocate of expansionism.
   • 1982 November 21, Richard E. Welch Jr., “IMPERIAL ADVENTURE”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Mr. Miller argues convincingly that a majority of Americans shared the romantic nationalism of such expansionists as Theodore Roosevelt and Sen. Albert Beveridge and participated vicariously in their dreams of martial glory and expanding markets.

• “expansionist”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Borrowed from Russian экспансионист (ekspansionist) or German Expansionist. Equivalent to expansiune +‎ -ist.

expansionist m or n (feminine singular expansionistă, masculine plural expansioniști, feminine and neuter plural expansioniste)

1. expansionist