Anschluss describes a political union, particularly the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938.
Anschluss refers to a political union, specifically mentioning the 1938 unification of Nazi Germany and Austria.
| Front | Anschluss \AN-shloos\ |
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| Back | noun A political union, especially the one unifying Nazi Germany and Austria in 1938. [German, annexation, from anschliessen, to enclose, annex : an, on (from Middle High German ane, from Old High German ana.) + schliessen, to close, from Middle High German sliezen, from Old High German sliozan.] "I am hopeful that we can get beyond the divisiveness of the last year without a return to the factionalism that made Reform such an easy target for Buchanan's Anschluss." |
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