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long peace

long peace proper noun: synonym of Pax Americana.

Proper noun (1)

the long peace

  1. Synonym of Pax Americana.
    • But among his critics are those who say that warfare between modern nation states, which are only a few hundred years old, has nothing in common with conflict before that time, and therefore it’s too soon to say if the supposed “long peace” we’ve been enjoying since the end of the second world war...2021 November 7, Laura Spinney, “Can history teach us anything about the future of war – and peace?”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    Pax Americana

Noun

long peace (countable and uncountable, plural long peaces)

  1. A long period without war.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Long Peace

the Long Peace

  1. Alternative letter-case form of long peace.

Synonyms of long peace

Forms of long peace

Proper noun
alternative formLong Peace
Noun
plurallong peaces

Origin of long peace

Described by American military historian John Lewis Gaddis in The Long Peace (1987).

Questions about long peace

What does long peace mean?
Long peace means synonym of Pax Americana.
What part of speech is long peace?
Long peace can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near long peace in the dictionary

  1. long ons
  2. long oo
  3. long paddock
  4. long paddocks
  5. long passive
  6. long peace
  7. long pepper
  8. long peppers
  9. long pig
  10. long pigs
  11. Long Plain

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