imperialism

noun imperialism

• development — Development is the gradual growth or formation of something.
• progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
• growth — the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
• colonialism — Colonialism is the practice by which a powerful country directly controls less powerful countries and uses their resources to increase its own power and wealth.
• neocolonialism — the policy of a strong nation in seeking political and economic hegemony over an independent nation or extended geographical area without necessarily reducing the subordinate nation or area to the legal status of a colony.