containment (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 09
def a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully
examples containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975
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Hypernym policy
Derivationally related form containment → contain
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Hyponym policy
Derivationally related form contain → containment

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