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Annexation vs Lebensraum - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between annexation and lebensraum

is that annexation is addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed while lebensraum is hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain.

As a proper noun Lebensraum is

territories considered appropriate for German annexation, regarded as vital for the natural flourishing of the German race.

annexation

English

(wikipedia annexation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
  • (legal) A legal merging of a territory into another body.

    • Synonyms

    * annexion (obsolete)

    Antonyms

    * separation

    lebensraum

    English

    (Lebensraum)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Territories considered appropriate for German annexation, regarded as vital for the natural flourishing of the German race:
  • # (in early usage) an empire in the form of overseas colonies, in imitation of contemporary powers such as Britain and France.
  • # (in later usage, Nazism) a to overlordship of the European continent by the conquest of Russian lands as far as the Urals.

    • Derived terms

    * lebensraum

    Related terms

    * Lebensform * Lebenslust * Lebensspur * Lebenswelt

    References

    * “ ?lebensraum]” listed in the [2nd Ed.; 1989

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