Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Additional territory deemed necessary to a nation, especially Nazi Germany, for its continued existence or economic well-being.
- noun Adequate space in which to live, develop, or function.
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- noun Hitherto unoccupied “
living space ” claimed as one’s rightfuldomain .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also much of the value of the notion of lebensraum is also perfectly in evidence here; i.e. the most fervent supporters of the empire or reich being made wealthy in foreign lands, thus rewarding and encouraging such subservience of the individual will to the geater will, all the avaliable host British territory already of course carved up.
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Then there was one of Max's German commands; "lebensraum" or something similarly linked to the Nazis, which Mr. Justice Eady apparently ruled was indistinct on the tape recording.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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He gave us at the end a definition of "lebensraum", the objective of Hitlerism at this hour.
Hitlerism 1939
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The Judaic Republic of Israel regrets the necessity of seeking "lebensraum" in areas that had been infected with Palestinians, some for a thousand years or longer.
Salem-News.com 2010
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The archives posted 281 documents showing the Norwegian "lebensraum" ambitions, out of a total of around 5,000 World War II documents published in connection with the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Norway on April 09.
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If "lebensraum" was to be carried out, Hitler needed the population to fill the spaces gained in the eastern Europe.
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As the chosen people they consider themselves superior to others and therefore do not have to justify their actions of murder and ethnic cleansing to anybody, Their rationale is the same as that of Hitler in justifying his policy directions under the heading of 'lebensraum'.
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Chinese ethnocentrism may soon be an ethnocentrism in action, as China, with its huge population, seeks "lebensraum" in Africa.
ChronWatch - Articles Robert Klein Engler 2010
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If "lebensraum" was to be carried out, Hitler needed the population to fill the spaces gained in the eastern Europe.
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If "lebensraum" was to be carried out, Hitler needed the population to fill the spaces gained in the eastern Europe.
oroboros commented on the word lebensraum
An integral component of Weltanschauung.
August 16, 2007
misterpolly commented on the word lebensraum
Depends on the individual. My Weltanschauung does not envisage annexing Poland etc.
December 27, 2007