peaceful coexistence

noun

A situation where nation-states do not interfere with the domestic affairs of other countries, in order to avoid conflict; mutual non-interference.

OriginRussian мирное сосуществование →
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Meanings

nounpeaceful coexistence (usually uncountable, plural peaceful coexistences)

plural peaceful coexistences

  1. uncountableusuallygovernmentA situation where nation-states do not interfere with the domestic affairs of other countries, in order to avoid conflict; mutual non-interference.

    In spite of the failure of the first trial run of "peaceful coexistence," Kuomintang, and later the Chinese Government under my leadership, went through two more periods of "peaceful coexistence," resulting in the total loss of the Chinese mainland.

    1957, Chiang Chung-cheng (Kai-shek), “Introduction”, in Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy, New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 6

Origin

  1. Russianмирное сосуществование
  2. Englishpeaceful coexistence

Calque of Russian мирное сосуществование (mirnoje sosuščestvovanije).

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Translations

Arabic تَعَايُش سِلْمِيّ
  • تَعَايُش سِلْمِيّ (taʕāyuš silmiyy)mutual non-interference
Chinese Mandarin 和平共處 /和平共处, 和平共存
  • 和平共處 /和平共处 (hépíng gòngchǔ)mutual non-interference
  • 和平共存 (hépíng gòngcún)mutual non-interference
Finnish rauhanomainen rinnakkaiselo
  • rauhanomainen rinnakkaiselomutual non-interference
French coexistence pacifique
  • coexistence pacifiquemutual non-interference
German friedliche Koexistenz
  • friedliche Koexistenzmutual non-interference
Hungarian békés egymás mellett élés
  • békés egymás mellett élésmutual non-interference
Japanese 平和共存
  • 平和共存 (heiwa kyōzon)mutual non-interference
Portuguese coexistência pacífica
  • coexistência pacíficamutual non-interference
Russian ми́рное сосуществова́ние
  • ми́рное сосуществова́ние (mírnoje sosuščestvovánije)mutual non-interference
Spanish coexistencia pacífica
  • coexistencia pacíficamutual non-interference
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