social imperialism
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A political ideology that uses socialist rhetoric but engages in imperialist actions.
Derogatory; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Moreover, industrial capitalism not only produced a new form of economic integration between metropolitan and colonial societies, it also stimulated the emergence of what is known as social imperialism—that is, the projection overseas of the social discontents and dislocations engendered by industrialization at home. In Japan’s case, social imperialism operated both to diffuse radical demands of factory workers and to deflect class tensions in a rural economy battered by the effects of industrialization."