axis of evil
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axis of evil
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Coined by American political commentator David Frum in 2002 and first used publicly by President George W. Bush in the 2002 State of the Union Address. Possibly from a historical analogy to the German-Italian-Japanese axis. Extended to astrophysics by Portuguese scientist João Magueijo in 2005.
noun axes of evil
- A group of states accused by George W. Bush of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction, originally defined as Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. I discussed Iraq with Gerhard during his visit to the White House on January 31, 2002. In my State of the Union address two days earlier, I had outlined the threats posed by Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. “States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten th
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An anomaly in the temperature of the cosmic microwave background as the result of a preferential axis which may have shaped the development of the universe.
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noun states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
| Español | eje del mal |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 악의 축 ag-ui chuk |
| 日本語 | 悪の枢軸 aku no sūjiku |
| 中文 | 邪惡軸心 /邪恶轴心 xié'è zhóuxīn |
| Português | eixo do mal |
| Français | axe du mal |
| Deutsch | Achse des Bösen |
| Italiano | asse della malvagità, asse del male |
| Ελληνικά | άξονας του κακού áxonas tou kakoú |
| Русский | ось зла osʹ zla |
| Tiếng Việt | trục ma quỷ, liên minh ma quỷ, liên minh diệt vong |
| العربية | مِحْوَرُ الشَّرّ miḥwaru š-šarr |
| עברית | צִיר הַרֶשַׁע tsir ha-résha |
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title = {axis of evil},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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