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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary geo·pol·i·tics DATE 1904 1. a study of the influence of such factors as geography, economics, and demography on the politics and especially the foreign policy of a state 2. a governmental policy guided by geopolitics 3. a combination of political and geographic factors relating to something (as a state or particular resources) Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 geopolitics geo·pol·it·ics / 7dVi:Eu5pClEtiks; NAmE 7dVi:ou5pB:l- / noun[U + sing. / pl. v.] the political relations between countries and groups of countries in the world; the study of these relations 地缘政治；地理政治学 • geo·pol·it·ical / 7dVi:EupE5litikl; NAmE 7dVi:ou- / adj. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged geo·politics \“+\ noun plural but singular in construction Etymology: ge- + politics; translation of German geopolitik 1. : a study of the influence of such physical factors as geography, economics, and demography upon the politics and especially the foreign policy of a state < the present tendency to study geopolitics in colleges — Thomas Woody > — compare political geography 2. : a Nazi expansionist doctrine that emphasized strategic frontiers, lebensraum, and racial, economic, and social pressures as factors demanding reallocation of the earth's surface and resources < made geopolitics into an effective organ of propaganda — G.H.Sabine > 3. : a governmental policy guided by geopolitics < the geopolitics of the Japanese government > 4. : the combination of political and geographic factors characterizing a particular state or region < a study of the geopolitics of the United Kingdom and the rest of the empire — Armed Forces Talk > |
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