lebensraum

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  1. noun Additional territory deemed necessary to a nation, especially Nazi Germany, for its continued existence or economic well-being.
  2. noun Adequate space in which to live, develop, or function.

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  • It seems so logical: if the biggest and bravest of our tribe decimates the biggest and bravest of the neighboring tribe, we will be the master race and our increased lebensraum -- excuse me, hunting territory and living space -- will insure better survival rates for our nearest and dearest. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 03 - September 1996
  • The Nazi aims of "lebensraum" or living space and the extinction of the "sub-humans" are repeated in Zionism.
  • It is about the financial 'lebensraum' of this small coterie of corrupt Bankers as despised by Jefferson, who have used 'credit' as in belief given to machinate situation where there can be —  CounterPunch
  • This was a descendent of the evilly benign weather that laid waste to Napoleon's armies, and to Hitler's dreams of lebensraum, 140 years later. —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Tsar Alexei is wary of Hitler, given the racist diatribes about "lebensraum" and the "Herrenvolk". —  Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com
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  1. 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).
 

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