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Meaning of "empire-building" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EMPIRE-BUILDING

empire-building  [ˈempaɪəˌbɪldɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMPIRE-BUILDING

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preposition
conjunction
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Empire-Building is a noun.
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WHAT DOES EMPIRE-BUILDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Empire-building

In political science, empire-building refers to the tendency of countries and nations to acquire resources, land, and economic influence outside of their borders in order to expand their size, power, and wealth. In business, empire-building is demonstrated when individuals or small groups attempt to gain control over key projects and initiatives to maximize job security and promotability. Project leadership hoards potential credit and prestige the project can produce. Because this approach prevents other people in the organization from contributing in a meaningful manner and alternative or competing projects to address the project's goals are destroyed regardless of their merit, the company suffers as a whole, projects fail, and the goals of the project are achieved partially, inadequately, or not at all. This sort of behaviour is supposed to be stopped by upper management but is nevertheless very common. In an organization, empire-building can also be demonstrated when an individual or small group eagerly and proactively suggests and pursues functions, activities or projects that are of questionable value to try to enhance legitimacy and future value.

Definition of empire-building in the English dictionary

The definition of empire-building in the dictionary is the act or process of seeking of extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff. Other definition of empire-building is the act of process of creating an empire.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMPIRE-BUILDING


abuilding
əˈbɪldɪŋ
boatbuilding
ˈbəʊtbɪldɪŋ
bridge-building
ˈbrɪdʒˌbɪldɪŋ
building
ˈbɪldɪŋ
character-building
ˈkærɪktəbɪldɪŋ
electrogilding
ɪˌlektrəʊˈɡɪldɪŋ
folding
ˈfəʊldɪŋ
gilding
ˈɡɪldɪŋ
hilding
ˈhɪldɪŋ
holding
ˈhəʊldɪŋ
image-building
ˈɪmɪdʒˌbɪldɪŋ
jerry-building
ˈdʒɛrɪˌbɪldɪŋ
multibuilding
ˌmʌltɪˈbɪldɪŋ
nonbuilding
ˌnɒnˈbɪldɪŋ
outbuilding
ˈaʊtˌbɪldɪŋ
rebuilding
ˌriːˈbɪldɪŋ
rewilding
riːˈwaɪldɪŋ
shipbuilding
ˈʃɪpbɪldɪŋ
Spalding
ˈspɔːldɪŋ
wilding
ˈwaɪldɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMPIRE-BUILDING

emphyteusis
emphyteutic
empiecement
empierce
empight
empire
Empire Day
Empire State
Empire State Building
empire-builder
empiric
empirical
empirical formula
empirical probability
empirically
empiricalness
empiricism
empiricist
empiricutic
emplace

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMPIRE-BUILDING

according
apartment building
balding
body building
electric welding
Empire State Building
Fielding
gelding
Golding
Kolding
listed building
molding
moulding
nation-building
resistance welding
scaffolding
shareholding
system building
ultrasonic welding
unyielding
yielding

Synonyms and antonyms of empire-building in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «empire-building» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMPIRE-BUILDING

Find out the translation of empire-building to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of empire-building from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «empire-building» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

帝国大厦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la construcción del imperio
570 millions of speakers

English

empire-building
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

साम्राज्य निर्माण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بناء إمبراطورية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

империя потенциала
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a construção do império
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাম্রাজ্য প্রতিষ্ঠার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

construction d´un empire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bangunan empayar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reich - Gebäude
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

帝国構築
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

제국 건설
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bangunan empire
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xây dựng đế chế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேரரசை உருவாக்க உதவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साम्राज्य-इमारत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

imparatorluk kurma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

costruzione dell´impero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

budowanie imperium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

імперія потенціалу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- clădire imperiu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτοκρατορία - οικοδόμησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ryk - gebou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

imperiebyggande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

imperium - bygning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of empire-building

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPIRE-BUILDING»

The term «empire-building» is normally little used and occupies the 116.283 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPIRE-BUILDING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about empire-building

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMPIRE-BUILDING»

Discover the use of empire-building in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to empire-building and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Empire Building: The Remarkable Real Life Story of Star Wars
The Star Wars epic is on its way to the screen--again--and "Empire Building" examines the enduring appeal of the powerful, modern mythology. of color photos.
Garry Jenkins, 1999
2
Empire Building: Orientalism and Victorian Architecture
Orientalism and Victorian Architecture Mark Crinson. EMPIRE BUILDING Empire Building is a book about the meeting and transformation of cultures: those of Victorian Britain and the Ottoman Middle East. The author looks at how the ...
Mark Crinson, 2013
3
Nazi Empire-Building and the Holocaust in Ukraine
Lower provides the most complete assessment available of German colonization and the Holocaust in Ukraine, the "jewel" of the Nazi empire.
Wendy Lower, 2005
4
Facing West: The Metaphysics of Indian-hating and ...
American expansion, says Richard Drinnon, is characterized by repression and racism.
Richard Drinnon, 1997
5
Iberian Asia: The Strategies of Spanish and Portuguese ...
In so doing, this dissertation revises the image of Philip as a disengaged monarch, ruling over an empire caught in the grip of inevitable decline.
Kevin Joseph Sheehan, 2008
6
Decolonizing Feminisms: Race, Gender & Empire Building
She situates contemporary theoretical debate In this insightful book, Laura Donaldson provides new paradigms of interpretation that help to bring the often oppositional stances of 'First' versus 'Third' World and traditional versus post ...
Laura E. Donaldson, 1992
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Empire-building and Empire-builders: Twelve Studies
Twelve Studies Edward Ingram. The code of conduct eventually to point the way to improvement for Indians and, after 1882, of Egyptians had been devised in an attempt to limit and regulate change in Great Britain. It was designated in 1802 ...
Edward Ingram, 2013
8
The Imperial Security State: British Colonial Knowledge and ...
An important new study of the information systems of the British empire and of how knowledge was used to maintain empire.
James Louis Hevia, 2012
9
Taiwan in Japan’s Empire-Building: An Institutional Approach ...
This book illuminates Japan’s colonial administration at work in general, and the role of Taiwan in the context of Japan’s colonial empire-making in particular.
Hui-yu Caroline Tsai, 2009
10
South East Asia, Colonial History: Empire-building in the ...
The six volumes that make up this unique set provide an extensive overview of colonialism in South-East Asia.
Paul H. Kratoska, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMPIRE-BUILDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term empire-building is used in the context of the following news items.
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Like father, like son
The younger Mr Greenberg is now boss of ACE, and has proved himself as adept at empire-building as his father. Earlier this month ACE, ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
2
A Novel Solution for the Greek Debt Crisis: Join Turkey
And while the absorption of Greece might fuel the empire-building fantasies of Tayyip Erdogan in the short term, he would soon find that the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
'The Spoils Before Dying' on IFC a sendup of classic film noir
Babylon, a send-up of 1980s nighttime soaps and miniseries about corporate empire-building, marked Funny or Die's attempt to jump from its ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
4
From local podcast to a Beats 1 audience of millions, LA's …
Since launching Soulection in 2010, Kay and co-founder Andre Power have gradually expanded, and it's now a quintet of empire-building ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
5
Kylie Jenner Teases New Website, Promises to Reveal All Her …
This a serious empire-building move for a 17-year-old. Forget being the new Kim; Kylie is coming after Oprah and Martha Stewart. Loader. «The Hollywood Gossip, Jul 15»
6
The healing power of Tetris has its dark side
In the real economy, ego, human error, bureaucratic empire-building, bad regulation and pure chance conspire to frustrate and sometimes ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
The Clocktower Sets Its Tables With Etsy Knick Knacks
The Clocktower, the new hotel restaurant from mega restaurateur Stephen Starr and empire-building British chef Jason Atherton, is just such a ... «Eater NY, Jul 15»
8
Regulators usher in winter of disbelief
... in time, or factions within the same regulator) will engage in empire-building, concerned with maximising their budgets, salaries and perks. «BDlive, Jul 15»
9
'Anti-imperialist' attacks on BBC from the Tory press ring hollow
Why on earth should the taxpayer have to fund this naked empire-building?” As the Sun puts it: “When George Osborne talks about its [the ... «Left Foot Forward, Jul 15»
10
Nothing rosy about partner's personal hygiene
He has started empire-building and has managed to get the bedroom to himself already. His claims about bugs crawling in and out of your ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»

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