expansionary

English

Etymology

From expansion +‎ -ary.

Adjective

expansionary (comparative more expansionary, superlative most expansionary)

  1. That promotes or exhibits expansion; expansionist.
    • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 28:
      A ruthless, if strategic, expansionary policy was only part of Kautilya's vision for the state.
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