long peace

proper noun

Synonym of Pax Americana.

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Pax Americana
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Meanings

long peace1

proper nounthe long peace

alternative Long Peace

  1. Synonym of Pax Americana.
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    But among his critics are those who say that warfare between modern nation states, which are only a few hundred years old, has nothing in common with conflict before that time, and therefore it’s too soon to say if the supposed “long peace” we’ve been enjoying since the end of the second world war is a blip or a sustained trend.

    2021 November 7, Laura Spinney, “Can history teach us anything about the future of war – and peace?”, in The Guardian

    Synonyms: Pax Americana

nounlong peace (countable and uncountable, plural long peaces)

plural long peaces · alternative Long Peace

  1. countableuncountableA long period without war.

Long Peace2

proper nounthe Long Peace
  1. Alternative letter-case form of long peace.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Pax Americana.

Similar
Pax Americana
Also see
pax americana

Origin

Described by American military historian John Lewis Gaddis in The Long Peace (1987).

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long peace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20peace

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“long peace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20peace. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “long peace,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20peace.

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