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subimperialist en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to subimperialism.
    • In the immediate post-World War I period, when the Solomons was included in Australia’s subimperialist designs, photographer and columnist Thomas McMahon made a similar trip, publishing hundreds of photographs of Solomon Islands in Australian, British and American magazines and illustrated newspapers. 2019, Clive Moore, chapter 7, in Tulagi: Pacific Outpost of British Empire, Australian National University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 351:

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most subimperialist Degree=Sup lexicographic
more subimperialist Degree=Cmp lexicographic
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Synonyms

subimperial

subimperialist en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Somebody who is committed to a subimperialism.
    • But by the 1930s, the imperial garrisons had multiplied and the institutional complexity of the armed services opened new possibilities for subimperialists. 1998, Louise Young, chapter 2, in Japan’s Total Empire: Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism, Berkeley: University of California Press, published 1999, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 47:

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subimperialists Number=Plur lexicographic
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