Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preventive war

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: pre-ven-tive war
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

War started by one of the parties without having received any attack from the other party. This type of war is initiated by states unable to use diplomacy

Example Sentences

"The German war against Poland initiated by Hitler was justified as a preventive war by Carl Schmitt, German jurist and philosopher."
"We do not believe in aggressive or preventive war. Such war is the weapon of dictators, not of free democratic countries like the United States."

Inflected Forms

preventive wars (plural)

Questions

What does preventive war mean?: War started by one of the parties without having received any attack from the other party. This type of war is initiated by states unable to use diplomacy

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