Definition of imperialize in English:
imperialize
(British imperialise)
verb ɪmˈpɪərɪəlʌɪzimˈpirēəˌlīz
[with object]usually as adjective imperializedSubject to imperial rule or influence.
people of an imperialized culture
Example sentencesExamples
- In the history of Britain and Ireland this was a decisive moment, the creation of an imperializing English culture.
- He journeys into a past it has been convenient for imperializing Europe to deny.
- ‘They have imperialised our subconscious,’ says a character.
- The program notes ascribed a savage or exotic otherness to the performers who were packaged into neatly schematised and imperialised glosses for ready consumption by the spectator.
- It has been read as a subtle undermining of Henry's imperializing project.
- However, contacts with continental Europe, and areas that had been imperialised closer to home, meant that native rulers could take on aspects of centralisation if they wanted to.