Antiexpansion

/ˌæntiɪkˈspænʃən/ noun, adjective

Opposition to or prevention of expansion, especially in territorial, economic, or political contexts.

From anti- (against) + expansion, from Latin expandere (to spread out). The term emerged in political discourse around imperial and nationalist expansion.

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