proto-imperialist
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
7
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to proto-imperialism; relating to precapitalist policies that are invasive or exploitative of foreign lands.
noun
Someone who promotes proto-imperialism; somebody who advocates precapitalist policies that are invasive or exploitative of foreign lands.
Example Sentences
- "Hobson argued against the inevitability of imperialism by stating that a better distribution of income in the proto-imperialist countries would have absorbed their “surplus” commodities and capital."
- "Long passages on the military and colonial policy of the Utopians today seem incongruous; some commentators even make a proto-imperialist out of More, since the Utopians justify the occupation of underutilized neighboring lands in language that could be adapted to nineteenth-century expansionism."
Etymology
From proto- + imperialist.
Inflected Forms
more proto-imperialist (comparative)
most proto-imperialist (superlative)
protoimperialist (alternative)
proto-imperialists (plural)