disapproval If you refer to a country's expansionism, you disapprove of its policy of increasing its land or power. Soviet expansionism was considered a real threat. when a country or group increases the amount of land or power that they have - used especially to show disapproval
disapproval If you describe a country or organization as expansionist, you disapprove of it because it has a policy of increasing its land or power. the intended victim of his expansionist foreign policy