revanchism
(en)
(noun) revenge / (noun) a usually political policy designed to recover lost territory or status
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the West's self-satisfied, ideologically motivated revanchism
referring the Republikaner, a xenophobic right-wing party
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the West's self-satisfied, ideologically motivated revanchism
referring the Republikaner, a xenophobic right-wing party
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Kreisau Circle
(en)
a group of about twenty-five German dissidents led by Helmuth James Graf von Moltke, who met at his estate in the rural town of Kreisau, Silesia; the group began to falter after Helmuth von Moltke was arrested by the Gestapo in January 1944 and eventually came to an end when most of its members were arrested following Claus von Stauffenberg’s attempt on Hitler’s life on July 19, 1944
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he visits the estate
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he visits the estate
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plebiscite
(en)
(noun) a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler
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for those Germans who died fighting the Poles during the plebiscite-related uprisings of 1920-1921
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for those Germans who died fighting the Poles during the plebiscite-related uprisings of 1920-1921
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7 years, 6 months ago
revanchism
(en)
(noun) revenge / (noun) a usually political policy designed to recover lost territory or status
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Adjusting borders, revanchist schemes--he has no interest in such things
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Adjusting borders, revanchist schemes--he has no interest in such things
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7 years, 6 months ago
hoary
(en)
(adjective) gray or white with or as if with age / (adjective) extremely old; ancient
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That hoary insult seems on its way to becoming a honorific.
referring to "anti-Communist"
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That hoary insult seems on its way to becoming a honorific.
referring to "anti-Communist"
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Nibelung loyalty
(en)
translated from the German compound noun "Nibelungentreue", expressing the concept of absolute, unquestioning, excessive and potentially disastrous loyalty; derived from the medieval chivalric ideal of loyalty as exemplified in the medieval German epic poem Nibelungenlied
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The archaic ideal of Nibelung loyalty still counts more than the desire for knowledge.
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The archaic ideal of Nibelung loyalty still counts more than the desire for knowledge.
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7 years, 6 months ago
perforce
(en)
(adverb) by physical coercion / (adverb) by force of circumstances
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the nation responsible for the Second World War and the Holocaust must perforce suffer enormous guilt
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the nation responsible for the Second World War and the Holocaust must perforce suffer enormous guilt
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7 years, 6 months ago