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peaceful coexistence

peaceful coexistence noun: a situation where nation-states do not interfere with the domestic affairs of other countries, in order to avoid conflict; mutual non-interference.

Noun

peaceful coexistence (usually uncountable, plural peaceful coexistences)

  1. (usually) A situation where nation-states do not interfere with the domestic affairs of other countries, in order to avoid conflict; mutual non-interference.
    • In spite of the failure of the first trial run of "peaceful coexistence," Kuomintang, and later the Chinese Government under my leadership, went through two more periods of "peaceful coexistence," resulting in the total loss of the Chinese mainland.1957, Chiang Chung-cheng (Kai-shek), “Introduction”, in Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy, New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 6

peaceful coexistence meaning in Arabic

peaceful coexistence in Arabic

mutual non-interference
تَعَايُش سِلْمِيّ taʕāyuš silmiyy

Forms of peaceful coexistence

pluralpeaceful coexistences

Origin of peaceful coexistence

Calque of Russian мирное сосуществование (mirnoje sosuščestvovanije).

Questions about peaceful coexistence

What does peaceful coexistence mean?
Peaceful coexistence means a situation where nation-states do not interfere with the domestic affairs of other countries, in order to avoid conflict; mutual non-interference.
What is peaceful coexistence in Arabic?
Peaceful coexistence in Arabic is تَعَايُش سِلْمِيّ (taʕāyuš silmiyy). See Peaceful coexistence meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is peaceful coexistence?
Peaceful coexistence is a noun.
What is the plural of peaceful coexistence?
The plural of peaceful coexistence is peaceful coexistences.

Words near peaceful coexistence in the dictionary

  1. peacebuilding
  2. peaced
  3. peaced out
  4. peacefaking
  5. peaceful
  6. peaceful coexistence
  7. peaceful coexistences
  8. peaceful dove
  9. peaceful doves
  10. peaceful pill
  11. peaceful pills

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