(noun) the scope, extent, or bounds of something
My ambit is much briefer
My ambit is much briefer
(verb) to catch or hold in or as if in a net; enmesh / (verb) to prevent or impede the free play of; confine
their desire for untrammeled profit was hampered by lingering patriotism or the type of political and economic regimes established by national liberation.
their desire for untrammeled profit was hampered by lingering patriotism or the type of political and economic regimes established by national liberation.
(adjective) marked by slaughter; deadly / (adjective) mutually destructive / (adjective) of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group
Internecine warfare, a failure to control the prices of primary commodities, an inability to overcome the suffocation of finance capital, and more led to a crisis in the budgets of much of the Third World.
Internecine warfare, a failure to control the prices of primary commodities, an inability to overcome the suffocation of finance capital, and more led to a crisis in the budgets of much of the Third World.
(noun) the economic and political policies by which a great power indirectly maintains or extends its influence over other areas or people
what the Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah called "neocolonialism," or domination by means other than territorial conquest.
what the Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah called "neocolonialism," or domination by means other than territorial conquest.
(adjective) fatty oily / (adjective) smooth and greasy in texture or appearance / (adjective) plastic / (adjective) full of unction / (adjective) revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
Neither armed struggle nor unctuous petitions dampened the confidence of colonialism.
Neither armed struggle nor unctuous petitions dampened the confidence of colonialism.
(noun) a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse / (noun) a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot / (noun) break interruption / (noun) a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody
many felt that the step had been premature, that neither would Britain allow such a caesura, nor could India survive on its own
oooh really cool use of the term
many felt that the step had been premature, that neither would Britain allow such a caesura, nor could India survive on its own
oooh really cool use of the term
(noun) the scope, extent, or bounds of something
the darker nations should aspire to nothing more than a strictly local ambit
the darker nations should aspire to nothing more than a strictly local ambit
(noun) defensive wall
this bloc would, alongside the socialist one, be the bulwark against "dollar imperialism" and offer an alternative model for development.
a UN bloc that sprang out of Bandung
this bloc would, alongside the socialist one, be the bulwark against "dollar imperialism" and offer an alternative model for development.
a UN bloc that sprang out of Bandung
the condition of self-sufficiency, especially economic, as applied to a nation; a national policy of economic independence
But even the most anticommunist among the Bandung delegates supported the idea of some autarky for the Third World from the immense power of the First World.
But even the most anticommunist among the Bandung delegates supported the idea of some autarky for the Third World from the immense power of the First World.
(adj) occluding or tending to occlude (stop, close up, obstruct, etc)
The development economists rejected Ricardo's occlusion of colonialism, and the reliance on strategies that freed up the First World to donate aid rather than rethink its own financial and political dominance.
The development economists rejected Ricardo's occlusion of colonialism, and the reliance on strategies that freed up the First World to donate aid rather than rethink its own financial and political dominance.