military-industrial complex
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military-industrial complex
- /ˌmɪ.lɪ.tə.ɹi ɪnˌdʌs.tɹi.əl ˈkɒmplɛks/ UK
- /ˌmɪ.lɪ.tɹi-/ UK
- /ˌmɪ.ləˌtɛ.ɹi ɪnˌdʌs.tɹi.əl ˈkɑmˌplɛks/ US
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From military (adjective) + industrial (adjective) + complex (noun), popularized by Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), the 34th President of the United States, in his farewell address in 1961: see the quotation.
noun military–industrial complex · military-industrial complexes
- Military and industrial facilities situated in the same place. Likewise, Shreveport was the heart of a military–industrial complex that extended west to Marshall, Texas, and northwest to Jefferson, Texas, 50 miles from Shreveport to which it was linked by steamer through Cypress Bayou and Caddo Lake.
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A nation's armed forces and industries (especially those supplying weapons and other materiel) collectively, regarded as a strong vested interest exerting great influence on the government.
This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. […] In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military–industrial complex. The potential for the
Similar: MIC, war machine
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noun nation’s armed forces and industries collectively, regarded as a strong vested interest exerting great influence on the government
| Español | complejo militar industrial |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 군산복합체 gunsanbokhapche |
| 日本語 | 軍産複合体 gunsan fukugōtai |
| 中文 | 軍工複合體 /军工复合体 jūngōng fùhétǐ |
| Français | complexe militaro-industriel |
| Deutsch | militärisch-industrieller Komplex |
| Română | complex militar-industrial |
| Русский | вое́нно-промы́шленный ко́мплекс vojénno-promýšlennyj kómpleks, ВПК VPK |
| Tiếng Việt | phức hợp quân sự-công nghiệp, tổ hợp quân sự-công nghiệp |
| العربية | مَجْمَع صِنَاعِيّ عَسْكَرِيّ majmaʕ ṣināʕiyy ʕaskariyy |
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