different between territoriality vs imperialism

English

Etymology

From territorial +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t???t?????al?ti/

Noun

territoriality (countable and uncountable, plural territorialities)

1. The fact or legal status of being a territory.
2. (zoology) The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory.
3. A pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area of interest.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 99:

     These criticisms had a whiff of territoriality about them.

Translations

See also

Territoriality (nonverbal communication) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

imperial +? -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p?.?i.??l?z.m?/

Noun

imperialism (countable and uncountable, plural imperialisms)

1. The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

Translations

See also

• imperialist
• imperialistic

References

• imperialism at OneLook Dictionary Search
• imperialism in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "imperialism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 159.
• imperialism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French impérialisme.

Noun

imperialism n (uncountable)

1. imperialism

Declension

Related terms

• imperiu