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Territoriality vs Imperialism - What's the difference?

territoriality | imperialism |

As nouns the difference between territoriality and imperialism

is that territoriality is the fact or legal status of being a territory while imperialism is the policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

territoriality

English

Noun

(territorialities)
  • The fact or legal status of being a territory.
  • (zoology) The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory.
  • A pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area of interest.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 99:
  • *:These criticisms had a whiff of territoriality about them.

    • imperialism

    English

    (wikipedia imperialism)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

    • See also

    * imperialist * imperialistic