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EXPANSIONISM Antonyms

There are 5 antonyms of the word expansionism. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For EXPANSIONISM

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confinement
nounn
noun

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

• the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them

• the state of being confined

• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

contraction
nounn
noun

• (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds

• the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

limitation
nounn
noun

• a principle that limits the extent of something

• the quality of being limited or restricted

• the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed

• (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought

• an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

reductionism
nounn
noun

• a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components

• the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents

restriction
nounn
noun

• a principle that limits the extent of something

• an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

Alternatives for CONFINEMENT

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Alternatives for CONTRACTION

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Alternatives for LIMITATION

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Alternatives for REDUCTIONISM

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Alternatives for RESTRICTION

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