Meanings
- Synonym of Cold War II.
In fact, the opposite is reality: we should not be welcoming the New Cold War.
2018 April 14, Matthew Crosston, “No WWIII: The Odd Logic of the New Fake Cold War and the Curious Reality of Feather Pillow Proxy Wars”, in Modern Diplomacy-2 more examples
The 'New Cold War' period of the late 1970s and early 1980s gave way to a renewed East–West rapprochement under Gorbachev, the momentum of which eventually ended the Cold War with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
2005, Michael L. Dockrill, Michael F. Hopkins, The Cold War 1945-91, →ISBNJust like last month's strikes on Syria put the US, France, and the UK on the opposite side of Russia, China, and Iran, so too might Trump's decision to tinker with or outright scrap the nuclear agreement do the same in exacerbating the growing New Cold War divide between the world's unipolar and multipolar forces.
2018 May 5, Andrew Korybko, “Iran: Deal or No Deal?”, in Sputnik InternationalSynonyms: Cold War II
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Cold War II.
Cite this entry
New Cold War. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Cold%20War
“New Cold War.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Cold%20War. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “New Cold War,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Cold%20War.
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