proto-imperialist
proto-imperialist adjective: of or pertaining to proto-imperialism; relating to precapitalist policies that are invasive or exploitative of foreign lands.
Adjective
proto-imperialist (comparative more proto-imperialist, superlative most proto-imperialist)
- Of or pertaining to proto-imperialism; relating to precapitalist policies that are invasive or exploitative of foreign lands.
- 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.1977, Ralph M. Faris, edited by Ralph M. Faris, Crisis and Consciousness, Amsterdam: B.R. Grüner Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 18
Noun
proto-imperialist (plural proto-imperialists)
- Someone who promotes proto-imperialism; somebody who advocates precapitalist policies that are invasive or exploitative of foreign lands.
- 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.1979, Frank Edward Manuel, Fritzie Prigohzy Manuel, Utopian Thought in the Western World, Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 127
Forms of proto-imperialist
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more proto-imperialist |
| superlative | most proto-imperialist |
| alternative form | protoimperialist |
| Noun | |
| plural | proto-imperialists |
Origin of proto-imperialist
From proto- + imperialist.
Questions about proto-imperialist
- What does proto-imperialist mean?
- Proto-imperialist means of or pertaining to proto-imperialism; relating to precapitalist policies that are invasive or exploitative of foreign lands.
- What part of speech is proto-imperialist?
- Proto-imperialist can be an adjective or a noun.
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