Word.ws English Dictionary

second-order threat

second-order threat noun: a factor that may eventually lead to a direct military threat.

Noun

second-order threat (plural second-order threats)

  1. A factor that may eventually lead to a direct military threat.

Forms of second-order threat

pluralsecond-order threats

Questions about second-order threat

What does second-order threat mean?
Second-order threat means a factor that may eventually lead to a direct military threat.
What part of speech is second-order threat?
Second-order threat is a noun.
What is the plural of second-order threat?
The plural of second-order threat is second-order threats.

Words near second-order threat in the dictionary

  1. second-line
  2. second-mile service
  3. second-order
  4. second-order logic
  5. second-order logics
  6. second-order threat
  7. second-order threats
  8. second-party
  9. second-person dual
  10. second-person duals
  11. second-person plural

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: second-order threat (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “second-order threat.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/second-order_threat. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.