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geopolitics

[ jee-oh-pol-i-tiks ]

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. the study or the application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state.
  2. the combination of geographic and political factors influencing or delineating a country or region.
  3. a national policy based on the interrelation of politics and geography.
  4. a Nazi doctrine that a combination of political, geographic, historical, racial, and economic factors substantiated Germany's right to expand its borders and control various strategic land masses and natural resources.


geopolitics

/ ˌːəʊˈɒɪɪ /

noun

  1. functioning as singular the study of the effect of geographical factors on politics, esp international politics; political geography
  2. functioning as plural the combination of geographical and political factors affecting a country or area
  3. functioning as plural politics as they affect the whole world; global politics
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˌDZˈپ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • o·DZi·پ ····· [jee-oh-p, uh, -, lit, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
  • o··i·· adverb
  • ··DZ··پ· [jee-oh-pol-i-, tish, -, uh, n], o·DZi·پ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of geopolitics1

1900–05; translation of German Geopolitik. See geo-, politics
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Last week, Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, made a speech in parliament warning that a "profound change in American geopolitics" was putting both Poland and Ukraine into an "objectively more difficult situation".

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The Friday meeting demonstrated the Full Trump, a leader whose basic conception of geopolitics is defensible, but whose manners are deplorable.

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He is aware of the geopolitics at play, but he says he and his workers are just trying to make a living.

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It is a deep tremor, not just for tech, but for economics and geopolitics as well.

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The increasing frequency of rare, extreme, and potentially destabilizing climate events now makes global geopolitics ever more uncertain.

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