The soviets were expansionist

Yep

china is arguably expansionist

Yep

Syria wanting a chunk of land that honestly its up in the air whether or not Israel did or didn't just offer to give back, isn't a fucking "expansion"

By our definition it is.

Anyway, conflict between Syria and Israel isn't something we want

The Jews will come crawling for aid

Not something we want to be forced to give them.

by "your" definition no country on this planet can exist in a state that isn't staunch ally or hated adversary, fuck "your" definitions

"my" definition being 'dictionary.com'

And you, not having a definition.

"a website said a policy of expanding is expansionist"
that's great. retaking something you had but lost still isn't an expansion

An internationally accepted definition? Yes. <:pot_of_kek:544849795433496586>

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expansionism

"a policy or practice of expansion and especially of territorial expansion by a nation"

There's another one.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/expansionist

"A nation's practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion"

And another one.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/expansionist

and still nothing about whether said territory is in fact being claimed after first having been lost

"related to increasing the amount of land ruled by a country"

And another one.

fascinating

you're really pretending that clause doesn't matter

The previous state does not matter <:pot_of_kek:544849795433496586>

yes, it really does

Expansionism is an act <:pot_of_kek:544849795433496586>

An act of increasing the nations land

LOL

Ones generally that have been agreed upon internationally

As shown through those definitions.

you keep saying that as if the definitions take the context into account

is english your first language?

They don't need to take the context into account

No, Norwegen

>definition don't need to take definitions into account
A, yes, they kinda do,
B, if they don't what the fuck's the point of saying "they all say the same thing"

"Expansionism" is an act. An act of expanding the land of a country.

If you practice expansionism, then you're an expansionist.

if that country already had that land and lost it, taking it back isn't a fucking expansion, jesus christ