political vacuum en · NOUN
Meanings
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A state of relative anarchy compared to neighboring states, often caused by death of the head of state before a successor could be designated.
January 26 2005, The Washington Times Both directly and through their terrorist intermediaries in Lebanon, Iran's ayatollahs have been meddling in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for years. But the death of Yasser Arafat, and the political vacuum that has emerged in the wake of the Palestinian strongman's passing, have laid the groundwork for even greater Iranian infiltration of Palestinian politics.
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Translations (3)
uk політичний вакуум (state of relative anarchy) · fi poliittinen tyhjiö (state of relative anarchy) · cmn 政治真空 (state of relative anarchy)