territory for political and economic expansion: term used by Hitler as a euphemism for German expansionism
Origin of Lebensraum
Ger, literally , living spaceLebensraum
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lebensraum
noun
- Additional territory deemed necessary to a nation, especially Nazi Germany, for its continued existence or economic well-being.
- Adequate space in which to live, develop, or function.
Origin of lebensraum
German Lebens genitive sing. of Leben life ( from Middle High German) ( from Old High German lebēn ; see leip- in Indo-European roots.) Raum space ( from Middle High German roum ) ( from Old High German rūm ; see reuə- in Indo-European roots.)THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural lebensräume)
Anagrams
Origin
A generalised use of Lebensraum.
Proper noun
- (in German history from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth Centuries) Territories considered appropriate for German annexation, regarded as vital for the natural flourishing of the German race:
- (in early usage) an empire in the form of overseas colonies, in imitation of contemporary powers such as Britain and France.
- (in later usage) a Großdeutschland obtained through Endoeuropean expansion, usually with a focus upon Drang nach Osten, and varying in its scope from the comparatively modest annexation of the Polish Border Strip to overlordship of the European continent by the conquest of Russian lands as far as the Urals.
- Lebenslust
- Lebenswelt
Origin
From the German Lebensraum (“living space"), from Lebens (“of life") (the genitive of Leben (“life")) + Raum (“space").
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