peaceful coexistence en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of Russian мирное сосуществование (mirnoje sosuščestvovanije).
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| peaceful coexistences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (13)
pt coexistência pacífica (mutual non-interference) · ar تَعَايُش سِلْمِيّ (mutual non-interference) · ka მშვიდობიანი თანაარსებობა (mutual non-interference) · hy խաղաղ գոյակցություն (mutual non-interference) · cmn 和平共處 /和平共处 (mutual non-interference) · es coexistencia pacífica (mutual non-interference) · ja 平和共存 (mutual non-interference) · fi rauhanomainen rinnakkaiselo (mutual non-interference) · hu békés egymás mellett élés (mutual non-interference) · cmn 和平共存 (mutual non-interference) · ru ми́рное сосуществова́ние (mutual non-interference) · fr coexistence pacifique (mutual non-interference) · de friedliche Koexistenz (mutual non-interference)