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petropolitics

petropolitics noun: the politics associated with the export of oil.

Noun

petropolitics (uncountable)

  1. The politics associated with the export of oil.
    • It is the world’s largest buyer of oil, which gives China substantial sway over petropolitics.2015 July 24, Clifford Krauss, “China’s Global Ambitions, With Loans and Strings Attached”, in New York Times

Origin of petropolitics

From petro- + politics.

Questions about petropolitics

What does petropolitics mean?
Petropolitics means the politics associated with the export of oil.
What part of speech is petropolitics?
Petropolitics is a noun.

Words near petropolitics in the dictionary

  1. petroplinthite
  2. petroplinthites
  3. petroplinthitic
  4. Petropolis
  5. petropolitical
  6. petropolitics
  7. petropound
  8. petropounds
  9. petroproduct
  10. petroproducts
  11. petrorevenue

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