English Dictionary

social imperialism

名詞

軽蔑的 不可算名詞

(politics, derogatory) A political ideology that uses socialist rhetoric but engages in imperialist actions. / (politics) The governmental use of imperialism to preserve the domestic social status quo.

日本語の意味

（侮蔑的な用法）社会主義的なレトリックを掲げながら、実際には帝国主義的な行動を取る政治的イデオロギー / 政府が国内の社会的現状維持のために帝国主義を利用すること

Critics accused the regime of social imperialism, claiming its welfare programs were a smokescreen for territorial expansion.

批評家たちは、その政権を社会主義を装った帝国主義だと非難し、福祉政策は領土拡張の煙幕にすぎないと主張した。

意味（1）

(politics, derogatory) A political ideology that uses socialist rhetoric but engages in imperialist actions.

意味（2）

(politics) The governmental use of imperialism to preserve the domestic social status quo.

Moreover, industrial capitalism not only produced a new form of economic integration between metropolitan and colonial societies, it also stimulated the emergence of what is known as social imperialism—that is, the projection overseas of the social discontents and dislocations engendered by industrialization at home. In Japan’s case, social imperialism operated both to diffuse radical demands of factory workers and to deflect class tensions in a rural economy battered by the effects of industrialization.