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military-industrial complex Definition

☆ military-industrial complex (-in dus′trē əl)

noun

the U.S. military establishment and those industries producing military materiel, viewed as together exerting a powerful influence on foreign and economic policy

Etymology: first used by President Eisenhower in his farewell address (1961)

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