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political vacuum

political vacuum noun: a state of relative anarchy compared to neighboring states, often caused by death of the head of state before a successor could be designated.

Noun

political vacuum (plural political vacuums)

  1. A state of relative anarchy compared to neighboring states, often caused by death of the head of state before a successor could be designated.
    • January 26 2005, The Washington Times
      Both directly and through their terrorist intermediaries in Lebanon, Iran's ayatollahs have been meddling in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for years. But the death of Yasser Arafat, and the political vacuum that has emerged in the wake of the Palestinian...

Forms of political vacuum

pluralpolitical vacuums

Questions about political vacuum

What does political vacuum mean?
Political vacuum means a state of relative anarchy compared to neighboring states, often caused by death of the head of state before a successor could be designated.
What part of speech is political vacuum?
Political vacuum is a noun.
What is the plural of political vacuum?
The plural of political vacuum is political vacuums.

Words near political vacuum in the dictionary

  1. political spectrums
  2. political system
  3. political systems
  4. political unit
  5. political units
  6. political vacuum
  7. political vacuums
  8. political warfare
  9. political-economic
  10. politicalese
  11. politicalise

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