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POWER POLITICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does power politics mean?
• POWER POLITICS (noun)
The noun POWER POLITICS has 1 sense:
1. diplomacy in which the nations threaten to use force in order to obtain their objectives
Familiarity information: POWER POLITICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Diplomacy in which the nations threaten to use force in order to obtain their objectives
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
gunboat diplomacy; power politics
Hypernyms ("power politics" is a kind of...):
diplomacy; diplomatic negotiations (negotiation between nations)
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