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geopolitic

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ge⋅o⋅pol⋅i⋅tics

[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.
Compare Lebensraum.


Origin:
1900–05; trans. of G Geopolitik. See geo-, politics


ge⋅o⋅pol⋅i⋅tic, ge⋅o⋅po⋅lit⋅i⋅cal [jee-oh-puh-lit-i-kuhl] , adjective
ge⋅o⋅po⋅lit⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
ge⋅o⋅pol⋅i⋅ti⋅cian [jee-oh-pol-i-tish-uhn] , ge⋅o⋅pol⋅i⋅tist, noun
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