Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

long peace

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English

Syllables: long -peace
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Pax Americana.

noun

A long period without war.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Alternative letter-case form of long peace.

Example Sentences

"But among his critics are those who say that warfare between modern nation states, which are only a few hundred years old, has nothing in common with conflict before that time, and therefore it’s too soon to say if the supposed “long peace” we’ve been enjoying since the end of the second world war is a blip or a sustained trend."

Etymology

Described by American military historian John Lewis Gaddis in The Long Peace (1987).

Usage

Inflected Forms

the long peace (canonical) long peaces (plural)

Synonyms

Pax Americana

Questions

What does long peace mean?: Synonym of Pax Americana.
Where does long peace come from?: Described by American military historian John Lewis Gaddis in The Long Peace (1987).

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