balance of power
a distribution and opposition of forces among nations such that no single nation is strong enough to assert its will or dominate all the others.
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How to use balance of power in a sentence
This class, according to Gov. Ford, "made a kind of balance-of-power party."
The Life Of Abraham Lincoln | Ward H. Lamon
British Dictionary definitions for balance of power
the distribution of power among countries so that no one nation can seriously threaten the fundamental interests of another
any similar distribution of power or influence
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Cultural definitions for balance of power
A state of peace that results when rival nations are equally powerful and therefore have no good reason to wage war.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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