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In general, expansionism consists of expansionist policies of government. While some have linked the term to promoting economic growth
Economic growth

Economic growth is the increase in the amount of the goods and services produced by an economics over time. It is conventionally measured as the percent rate of increase in real gross domestic product, or real GDP....
 (in contrast to no growth / sustainable policies), more commonly expansionism refers to the doctrine of a nation's expanding its territorial base (or economic influence) usually by means of military aggression
Aggression

In psychology, as well as other social science and behavioral sciences, aggression refers to behavior between members of the same species that is intended to cause pain or harm....
. Compare empire
Empire

Empire derives from the Latin word imperium, denoting ?military command? in Roman. Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a monarch or an oligarchy....
-building and Lebensraum
Lebensraum

served as a major motivation for Nazi Germany's territorial aggression. In his book Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler detailed his belief that the German people needed Lebensraum , and that it should be taken in the East....
.

Irredentism
Irredentism

Irredentism is any position advocating annexation of territories administered by another state on the grounds of common ethnicity or prior historical possession, actual or alleged....
, revanchism
Revanchism

Revanchism is a term used since the 1870s to describe a political manifestation of the will to reverse territorial losses incurred by a country, often following a war....
 or reunification
Reunification

Reunification may refer to:* Cypriot reunification, a goal referring to the reunification of both Cypriot territories into a single political entity...
 are sometimes used to justify and legitimize expansionism, but only when the explicit goal is to reconquer territories that have been lost, or even to take over ancestral lands.






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In general, expansionism consists of expansionist policies of government. While some have linked the term to promoting economic growth
Economic growth

Economic growth is the increase in the amount of the goods and services produced by an economics over time. It is conventionally measured as the percent rate of increase in real gross domestic product, or real GDP....
 (in contrast to no growth / sustainable policies), more commonly expansionism refers to the doctrine of a nation's expanding its territorial base (or economic influence) usually by means of military aggression
Aggression

In psychology, as well as other social science and behavioral sciences, aggression refers to behavior between members of the same species that is intended to cause pain or harm....
. Compare empire
Empire

Empire derives from the Latin word imperium, denoting ?military command? in Roman. Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a monarch or an oligarchy....
-building and Lebensraum
Lebensraum

served as a major motivation for Nazi Germany's territorial aggression. In his book Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler detailed his belief that the German people needed Lebensraum , and that it should be taken in the East....
.

Irredentism
Irredentism

Irredentism is any position advocating annexation of territories administered by another state on the grounds of common ethnicity or prior historical possession, actual or alleged....
, revanchism
Revanchism

Revanchism is a term used since the 1870s to describe a political manifestation of the will to reverse territorial losses incurred by a country, often following a war....
 or reunification
Reunification

Reunification may refer to:* Cypriot reunification, a goal referring to the reunification of both Cypriot territories into a single political entity...
 are sometimes used to justify and legitimize expansionism, but only when the explicit goal is to reconquer territories that have been lost, or even to take over ancestral lands. A simple territorial dispute
Territorial dispute

A territorial dispute is a disagreement over the possession/control of land between two or more states, or over the possession or control of land by one state after it has conquered it from a former state no longer currently recognized by the occupying power....
, such as a border
Border

Borders define geography boundaries of political geography or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, states or Subnational entity. They may foster the setting up of buffer zones....
 dispute, is not usually referred to as expansionism.

See also

  • List of Irredentist states
    List of irredentist claims or disputes

    Not all territorial disputes are Irredentism, although they are often couched in irredentist propaganda to justify and legitimacy such claims both internationally and within the country....
  • List of examples of expansionism
    List of examples of expansionism

    The following are examples of modern and past expansionism....
  • Manifest Destiny
    Manifest Destiny

    Manifest Destiny is the historical belief that the United States was destined and divinely ordained by God in Christianityto expand across the North American continent, from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean....
  • Roosevelt Corollary
    Roosevelt Corollary

    The Roosevelt Corollary was a substantial amendment to the Monroe Doctrine by United States President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt in 1904....
  • Lebensraum
    Lebensraum

    served as a major motivation for Nazi Germany's territorial aggression. In his book Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler detailed his belief that the German people needed Lebensraum , and that it should be taken in the East....


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