little Englanders

little Englanders
[,lɪtl'ɪŋgləndəz]
ист.
сторо́нники "Ма́лой А́нглии" (пренебрежительное прозвище, кот. сторонники расширения Британской империи дали в период англо-бурской войны [Boer War] противникам новых колониальных захватов)

English-Russian Great Britain dictionary (Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь). 2014.

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  • LITTLE ENGLANDERS —    those politicians who hold that English statesmen should concern themselves with England only and its internal affairs …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Little Englander — is a term dating from the time of the Second Boer War (1899 ndash;1901). The term then designated people who were against the British Empire and for England to extend no further than the borders of the United Kingdom. For example Arthur Ponsonby… …   Wikipedia

  • Little Eng|land|ism — «IHNG gluhn dihz uhm», the policies or views of Little Englanders: »To me it is…a curiously heartless piece of Little Englandism to refuse help to a recently independent Commonwealth partner for whom we were so long responsible (Manchester… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Little Englander — UK [ˌlɪt(ə)l ˈɪŋɡləndə(r)] / US [ˌlɪt(ə)l ˈɪŋɡləndər] noun [countable] Word forms Little Englander : singular Little Englander plural Little Englanders showing disapproval someone who thinks that people in England should concentrate on English… …   English dictionary

  • little englander — noun Usage: usually capitalized L&E : an Englishman opposed to territorial expansion of the British Empire and usually anticipating the gradual voluntary secession of existing possessions therefrom * * * ˌLittle ˈEnglander 7 [Little Englander… …   Useful english dictionary

  • little englandism — ˈiŋ(g)lənˌdizəm sometimes ˈeŋ(g) noun Usage: usually capitalized L&E : the policies and convictions of Little Englanders …   Useful english dictionary

  • colonialism, Western — ▪ politics Introduction       a political economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world.       The age of modern colonialism began about 1500, following the European… …   Universalium

  • Imperialism —    A word of polemical power, analytical imprecision, and historically variant meaning, the term imperialism is used in this volume to describe the period of rapid European expansion in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Imperialism is …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

  • Anti-imperialism — An ti im*pe ri*al*ism, n. Opposition to imperialism. Note: This term was applied originally in the United States, after the Spanish American war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, of those,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Anti-imperialist — Anti imperialism An ti im*pe ri*al*ism, n. Opposition to imperialism. Note: This term was applied originally in the United States, after the Spanish American war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Anti-imperialistic — Anti imperialism An ti im*pe ri*al*ism, n. Opposition to imperialism. Note: This term was applied originally in the United States, after the Spanish American war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English


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