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ge⋅o⋅pol⋅i⋅tics

  [jee-oh-pol-i-tiks]
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–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

Related forms:
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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ge·o·pol·i·tics   (jē'ō-pŏl'ĭ-tĭks)   
n.   (used with a sing. verb)

  1. The study of the relationship among politics and geography, demography, and economics, especially with respect to the foreign policy of a nation.

    1. A governmental policy employing geopolitics.

    2. A Nazi doctrine holding that the geographic, economic, and political needs of Germany justified its invasion and seizure of other lands.

  3. A combination of geographic and political factors relating to or influencing a nation or region.

ge'o·po·lit'i·cal (-pə-lĭt'ĭ-kəl) adj., ge'o·po·lit'i·cal·ly adv., ge'o·pol'i·ti'cian (-tĭsh'ən) n.
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Word Origin & History

geopolitical 
1902, from Swed. geopolitisk (used by R. Kjellen, 1900), from geo-, comb. form of Gk. ge "earth" + politisk "political."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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