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Clausewitzean

Clausewitzean is the alternative form of Clausewitzian.

Meaning of Clausewitzian

Adjective

Clausewitzian (comparative more Clausewitzian, superlative most Clausewitzian)

  1. Adhering to or described by the military theory of Carl von Clausewitz.
    • The Jominian and Clausewitzian conceptions, with their checkerboard and geometrical analogies, were plausible enough when applied to the medium sized armies operating in the French-German-Italian theatre of the Napoleonic period.1916 January, Arthur L. Conger, “Moltke's Plans of Campaign”, in Military Historian and Economist, volume 1, page 297

Forms of Clausewitzean

comparativemore Clausewitzean
superlativemost Clausewitzean

Questions about Clausewitzean

What is Clausewitzean the alternative form of?
Clausewitzean is the alternative form of Clausewitzian.

Words near Clausewitzean in the dictionary

  1. clausenolide
  2. Clauser
  3. Clausers
  4. clauses
  5. Clausewitz
  6. Clausewitzean
  7. Clausewitzian
  8. clausidiid
  9. clausidiids
  10. clausification
  11. clausifier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Clausewitzean (page history and authors); Clausewitzian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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