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national interest en · NOUN

Meanings

1. An economic, military, or cultural goal of a country.
   • While it was not in the national interest to disclose details of the exhaustive plans made to enable the railway organisations to meet possible eventualities, certain information was made public in July indicating some of the activities in which the railways were directly concerned and the steps they were taking. 1939 November, Charles E. Lee, “Railways and the War — I”, in Railway Magazine, page 313:

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pl racja stanu (goal) · de Staatsräson (goal) · it ragione di Stato (goal) · ka ეროვნული ინტერესი (goal) · uk національний інтерес (goal) · fi kansallinen etu (goal) · ru национальные интересы (goal) · de Staatsraison (goal) · es razón de Estado (goal) · it ragion di Stato (goal) · fi kansallinen intressi (goal) · fr raison d'État (goal)