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expansionary

expansionary adjective: that promotes or exhibits expansion.

Adjective

expansionary (comparative more expansionary, superlative most expansionary)

  1. That promotes or exhibits expansion.
    • A ruthless, if strategic, expansionary policy was only part of Kautilya's vision for the state.2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 28

Antonyms of expansionary

Forms of expansionary

comparativemore expansionary
superlativemost expansionary

Origin of expansionary

From expansion + -ary.

Words formed from expansionary

Questions about expansionary

What does expansionary mean?
Expansionary means that promotes or exhibits expansion.
What part of speech is expansionary?
Expansionary is an adjective.

Words near expansionary in the dictionary

  1. expansion turbine
  2. expansion turbines
  3. expansion vessel
  4. expansion vessels
  5. expansional
  6. expansionary
  7. expansionism
  8. expansionisms
  9. expansionist
  10. expansionistic
  11. expansionists

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