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TRUMAN DOCTRINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Truman doctrine mean?
• TRUMAN DOCTRINE (noun)
The noun TRUMAN DOCTRINE has 1 sense:
1. President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
Familiarity information: TRUMAN DOCTRINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Truman doctrine" is a kind of...):
foreign policy (a policy governing international relations)
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