total war en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Calque of German totaler Krieg, coined by Erich Ludendorff.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Warfare where all of a country's available resources, military as well as civilian, are employed.
In the course of its crisis the young French Republic discovered or invented total war: the total mobilization of a nation's resources through conscription, rationing and a rigidly controlled war economy, and virtual abolition, at home or abroad, of the distinction between soldiers and civilians.
1962, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution. 1789-1848, page 67:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| total wars | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (43)
tr topyekûn savaş (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · th สงครามเบ็ดเสร็จ (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · fr guerre totale (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · pl wojna totalna (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · ja 国家総力戦 (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · fi totaalinen sodankäynti (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · hy տոտալ պատերազմ (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · vi chiến tranh toàn diện (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · cs totální válka (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · nl totale oorlog (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · ar الحَرْب الشَّامِلَة (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · nn total krigføring (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · he מלחמה כוללת (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · hu totális háború (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · ru тотальная война (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · nb total krig (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · ca guerra total (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · be татальная вайна (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · nn total krig (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · el ολοκληρωτικός πόλεμος (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · ka მთელი ომი (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · sk totálna vojna (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · fa جنگ تمامعیار (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · sh totalni rat (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · it guerra totale (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · ja 総力戦 (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · sh тотални рат (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · gl guerra total (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · es guerra total (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · ko 총력전 (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · cmn 總體戰 /总体战 (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · bg тотална война (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · id perang total (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · mk тотална војна (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · de totaler Krieg (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · sl totalna vojna (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · ro război total (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · sv total krigföring (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · pt guerra total (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · uk тотальна війна (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · fi totaalinen sota (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · da total krig (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed) · eo totala milito (warfare where all of a country's resources are employed)