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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

expansionary en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English expansion Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English expansionary From expansion + -ary.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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more expansionary Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most expansionary Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

contractionary · nonexpansionary

Deriveds

nonexpansionary

Relateds

expansive