Weltpolitik
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Weltpolitik
literally: world politics
Example Sentences
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Strongly," he exclaimed, "dashes the beat of ocean at the doors of our people and compels it to preservation of its place in the world, in a word, to Weltpolitik.
From William of Germany by Shaw, Stanley
So Rome, when she needed it most, lacked divine guidance; so drifted out on to the high seas of history pilotless and rudderless;—so Weltpolitik only corrupted and vulgarized her.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
And yet here, even here in the very lap of peace, as we sat in the porch after supper the Oberforster talked ceaselessly of Weltpolitik.
From Christine by Cholmondeley, Alice
Weltpolitik, with its vaunting boast of "World-power or Downfall," was meaningless to him and his comrades gathered in the beer- gardens on a Sunday.
From In the Claws of the German Eagle by Williams, Albert Rhys
This is one of the main objects of her Weltpolitik.
From William of Germany by Shaw, Stanley
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