n05986948
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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