geostrategic

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adjective

Pertaining to the strategy of dealing with geopolitical issues; geopolitically strategic.

OriginEnglish strategic ← Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) ← Proto-Hellenic *gaya →
UncommonFirst used 20th c.Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectivegeostrategic (comparative more geostrategic, superlative most geostrategic)

comparative more geostrategic · superlative most geostrategic

  1. Pertaining to the strategy of dealing with geopolitical issues; geopolitically strategic.First known use 20th c.

    Once in possession of Istanbul, the Russians would control the geostrategic straits of the Bosporus and the Dardanelles linking Russia's Black Sea ports to the Mediterranean.

    2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin, published 2016, page 2

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Englishgeo-
  6. Englishstrategic
  7. Englishgeostrategic

From geo- + strategic.

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APA

geostrategic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geostrategic

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geostrategic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geostrategic.

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