"cold war" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkəʊld ˈwɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-cold war.oga
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: Diachronically, back-formation from Cold War: a common noun back-formed from the proper noun naming the first post–WWII instance of the concept; synchronically, cold + war. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|Cold War|nocap=1}} back-formation from Cold War, {{compound|en|cold|war}} cold + war Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cold war (uncountable)
  1. A period of hostile relations between rivals where direct open warfare between them is largely undesired and avoided; especially, either the Cold War or Cold War II. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Politics, War Translations (a period of hostile relations): luftë e ftohtë [feminine] (Albanian), حَرْب بَارِدَة (ḥarb bārida) [feminine] (Arabic), guerra fría [feminine] (Aragonese), սառը պատերազմ (saṙə paterazm) (Armenian), guerra fría [feminine] (Asturian), soyuq müharibə (Azerbaijani), һалҡын һуғыш (halqın huğış) (Bashkir), gerra hotza (Basque), хало́дная вайна́ (xalódnaja vajná) [feminine] (Belarusian), স্নায়ুযুদ্ধ (snaẏujuddho) (Bengali), brezel yen (Breton), студе́на война́ (studéna vojná) [feminine] (Bulgarian), စစ်အေးတိုက်ပွဲ (cace:tuikpwai:) (Burmese), စစ်အေး (cace:) (Burmese), хүйтэн дайн (xüjten dajn) (Buryat), guerra freda [feminine] (Catalan), шийла тӏом (šiı̇la tʼom) (Chechen), 冷戰 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 冷战 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 冷戰 (Chinese Cantonese), 冷战 (laang⁵ zin³) (Chinese Cantonese), 冷戰 (Chinese Mandarin), 冷战 (lěngzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), сивлек вӑрҫӑ (sivlek vărś̬ă) (Chuvash), studená válka [feminine] (Czech), kold krig [common-gender] (Danish), koldkrig [common-gender] (Danish), koude oorlog [masculine] (Dutch), malvarma milito (Esperanto), külm sõda (Estonian), kalt kríggj [neuter] (Faroese), kylmä sota (Finnish), guerre froide [feminine] (French), guerra fría [feminine] (Galician), ცივი ომი (civi omi) (Georgian), kalter Krieg [masculine] (German), ψυχρός πόλεμος (psychrós pólemos) [masculine] (Greek), શીતયુદ્ધ (śītyuddh) [neuter] (Gujarati), מלחמה קרה (milkhamah karah) [feminine] (Hebrew), शीतयुद्ध (śītyuddh) [masculine] (Hindi), hidegháború (Hungarian), kalda stríðið [neuter] (Icelandic), kolda milito (Ido), perang dingin (Indonesian), cogadh fuar (Irish), guerra fredda [feminine] (Italian), 冷戦 (reisen) (alt: れいせん) (Japanese), perang dingin (Javanese), суық соғыс (suyq soğys) (Kazakh), សង្គ្រាមត្រជាក់ (sɑɑsɑngkriəm trɑɑcĕək) (Khmer), 냉전 (naengjeon) (alt: 冷戰) (Korean), 랭전 (raengjeon) (alt: 冷戰) [North-Korea] (Korean), кансыз согуш (kansız soguş) (Kyrgyz), ສົງຄາມເຢັນ (song khām yen) (Lao), bellum frigidum [neuter] (Latin), aukstais karš [masculine] (Latvian), šaltasis karas [masculine] (Lithuanian), koolt Krieg [masculine] (Low German), студена војна (studena vojna) [feminine] (Macedonian), perang dingin (Malay), pakanga taungaunga (Malay), ശീതയുദ്ധം (śītayuddhaṁ) (Malayalam), gwerra bierda [feminine] (Maltese), caggey feayr [masculine] (Manx), शीतयुद्ध (śītyuddha) [neuter] (Marathi), хүйтэн дайн (xüjten dajn) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), fraide dgèrre [feminine] (Norman), şerê sar (Northern Kurdish), kald krig [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), guèrra freja [feminine] (Occitan), جنگ سرد (jang-e sard) (Persian), zimna wojna [feminine] (Polish), guerra fria [feminine] (Portuguese), ਸ਼ੀਤ ਜੰਗ (śīt jaṅg) (Punjabi), război rece [neuter] (Romanian), холо́дная война́ (xolódnaja vojná) [feminine] (Russian), an cogadh fuar (Scottish Gaelic), хладни рат [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hladni rat [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), guerra fridda [feminine] (Sicilian), studená vojna [feminine] (Slovak), hladna vojna [feminine] (Slovene), guerra fría [feminine] (Spanish), vita baridi (Swahili), kallt krig [neuter] (Swedish), digmaang malamig (Tagalog), ҷaнги сард (jang-i sard) (Tajik), салкын сугыш (salkın suğış) (Tatar), สงครามเย็น (sǒng-kraam-yen) (Thai), soğuk savaş (Turkish), sowuk uruş (Turkmen), холо́дна війна́ (xolódna vijná) [feminine] (Ukrainian), سرد جنگ (sard jang) [feminine] (Urdu), سوغۇق ئۇرۇش (soghuq urush) (Uyghur), sovuq urush (Uzbek), guera freda [feminine] (Venetan), chiến tranh lạnh (Vietnamese), y rhyfel oer (Welsh), kâlde kriich (West Frisian), тымныы сэрии (tımnıı serii) (Yakut), קאַלטער קריג (kalter krig) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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          "text": "1945, George Orwell, \"You and the Atom Bomb\", Tribune, 19 October 1945; reprinted in Orwell, Sonia Orwell, and Ian Angus, George Orwell: The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Volume 4: In Front of Your Nose (1946–1950), David R. Godine (2000), ISBN →ISBN, page 9,\nJames Burnham's theory has been much discussed, but few people have yet considered its ideological implications—that is, the kind of world-view, the kind of beliefs, and the social structure that would probably prevail in a state which was at once unconquerable and in a permanent state of “cold war” with its neighbours."
        },
        {
          "text": "1951, Daniel V. Gallery, Clear the Decks, 19 October 1945, page 100,\nWorld War III started on VJ Day as a cold war. It began to warm up when the Russians blockaded Berlin and nearly reached the exploding point in Korea."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1979, “Broken English”, performed by Marianne Faithfull:",
          "text": "It's just an old war / Not even a cold war",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 December 11, Richard Partington, “World economy on brink of ‘cold war two’, IMF official warns”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "The world economy is on the brink of a second cold war that could “annihilate” progress made since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a senior International Monetary Fund official has warned.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A period of hostile relations between rivals where direct open warfare between them is largely undesired and avoided; especially, either the Cold War or Cold War II."
      ],
      "id": "en-cold_war-en-noun-7Yc1mgId",
      "links": [
        [
          "warfare",
          "warfare"
        ],
        [
          "Cold War",
          "Cold War"
        ],
        [
          "Cold War II",
          "Cold War II"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "luftë e ftohtë"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥarb bārida",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "حَرْب بَارِدَة"
        },
        {
          "code": "an",
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guerra fría"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "saṙə paterazm",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "սառը պատերազմ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guerra fría"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "soyuq müharibə"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "halqın huğış",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "һалҡын һуғыш"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "gerra hotza"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "xalódnaja vajná",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "хало́дная вайна́"
        },
        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "snaẏujuddho",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "স্নায়ুযুদ্ধ"
        },
        {
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "brezel yen"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "studéna vojná",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "студе́на война́"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "cace:tuikpwai:",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "စစ်အေးတိုက်ပွဲ"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "cace:",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "စစ်အေး"
        },
        {
          "code": "bua",
          "lang": "Buryat",
          "roman": "xüjten dajn",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "хүйтэн дайн"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guerra freda"
        },
        {
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "šiı̇la tʼom",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "шийла тӏом"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "冷戰"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "laang⁵ zin³",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "冷战"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "冷戰"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "冷战"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "冷戰"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lěngzhàn",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "冷战"
        },
        {
          "code": "cv",
          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "roman": "sivlek vărś̬ă",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "сивлек вӑрҫӑ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "studená válka"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kold krig"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "koldkrig"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "koude oorlog"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "malvarma milito"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "külm sõda"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kalt kríggj"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "kylmä sota"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guerre froide"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guerra fría"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "civi omi",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "ცივი ომი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kalter Krieg"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "psychrós pólemos",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ψυχρός πόλεμος"
        },
        {
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "śītyuddh",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "શીતયુદ્ધ"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "milkhamah karah",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מלחמה קרה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śītyuddh",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "शीतयुद्ध"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "hidegháború"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kalda stríðið"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "kolda milito"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "perang dingin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "cogadh fuar"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guerra fredda"
        },
        {
          "alt": "れいせん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "reisen",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "冷戦"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "perang dingin"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "suyq soğys",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "суық соғыс"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sɑɑsɑngkriəm trɑɑcĕək",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "សង្គ្រាមត្រជាក់"
        },
        {
          "alt": "冷戰",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "naengjeon",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "냉전"
        },
        {
          "alt": "冷戰",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "raengjeon",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "North-Korea"
          ],
          "word": "랭전"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "şerê sar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kansız soguş",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "кансыз согуш"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "song khām yen",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "ສົງຄາມເຢັນ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bellum frigidum"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aukstais karš"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "šaltasis karas"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "koolt Krieg"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "studena vojna",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "студена војна"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "perang dingin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "pakanga taungaunga"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "śītayuddhaṁ",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "ശീതയുദ്ധം"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gwerra bierda"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caggey feayr"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "śītyuddha",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "शीतयुद्ध"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xüjten dajn",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "хүйтэн дайн"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fraide dgèrre"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kald krig"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guèrra freja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "jang-e sard",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "جنگ سرد"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zimna wojna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guerra fria"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "śīt jaṅg",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "ਸ਼ੀਤ ਜੰਗ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "război rece"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xolódnaja vojná",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "холо́дная война́"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "an cogadh fuar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "хладни рат"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hladni rat"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guerra fridda"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "studená vojna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hladna vojna"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guerra fría"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "vita baridi"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kallt krig"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "digmaang malamig"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "jang-i sard",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "ҷaнги сард"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "salkın suğış",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "салкын сугыш"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sǒng-kraam-yen",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "สงครามเย็น"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "soğuk savaş"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "sowuk uruş"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "xolódna vijná",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "холо́дна війна́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "sard jang",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "سرد جنگ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "soghuq urush",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "سوغۇق ئۇرۇش"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "sovuq urush"
        },
        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guera freda"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "chiến tranh lạnh"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "y rhyfel oer"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "kâlde kriich"
        },
        {
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "tımnıı serii",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "word": "тымныы сэрии"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "kalter krig",
          "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "קאַלטער קריג"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkəʊld ˈwɔː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cold war"
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          "text": "Coordinate term: world war"
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          "text": "1945, George Orwell, \"You and the Atom Bomb\", Tribune, 19 October 1945; reprinted in Orwell, Sonia Orwell, and Ian Angus, George Orwell: The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Volume 4: In Front of Your Nose (1946–1950), David R. Godine (2000), ISBN →ISBN, page 9,\nJames Burnham's theory has been much discussed, but few people have yet considered its ideological implications—that is, the kind of world-view, the kind of beliefs, and the social structure that would probably prevail in a state which was at once unconquerable and in a permanent state of “cold war” with its neighbours."
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          "text": "1951, Daniel V. Gallery, Clear the Decks, 19 October 1945, page 100,\nWorld War III started on VJ Day as a cold war. It began to warm up when the Russians blockaded Berlin and nearly reached the exploding point in Korea."
        },
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          "ref": "1979, “Broken English”, performed by Marianne Faithfull:",
          "text": "It's just an old war / Not even a cold war",
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          "ref": "2023 December 11, Richard Partington, “World economy on brink of ‘cold war two’, IMF official warns”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "The world economy is on the brink of a second cold war that could “annihilate” progress made since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a senior International Monetary Fund official has warned.",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
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      "word": "luftë e ftohtë"
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      "code": "an",
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      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
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      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "սառը պատերազմ"
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      "code": "ast",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "soyuq müharibə"
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      "word": "һалҡын һуғыш"
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      "word": "gerra hotza"
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      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "хало́дная вайна́"
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      "roman": "snaẏujuddho",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "স্নায়ুযুদ্ধ"
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      "word": "brezel yen"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "studéna vojná",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "студе́на война́"
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "cace:tuikpwai:",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "စစ်အေးတိုက်ပွဲ"
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      "code": "my",
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      "roman": "cace:",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "စစ်အေး"
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      "code": "bua",
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      "roman": "xüjten dajn",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "хүйтэн дайн"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "guerra freda"
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      "code": "ce",
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      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "шийла тӏом"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "word": "冷戰"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "word": "冷战"
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "code": "cv",
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      "word": "сивлек вӑрҫӑ"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "kold krig"
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "malvarma milito"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "külm sõda"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kalt kríggj"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "kylmä sota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerre froide"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerra fría"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "civi omi",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "ცივი ომი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kalter Krieg"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "psychrós pólemos",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ψυχρός πόλεμος"
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    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "śītyuddh",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "શીતયુદ્ધ"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "milkhamah karah",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מלחמה קרה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śītyuddh",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "शीतयुद्ध"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "hidegháború"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "kalda stríðið"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "kolda milito"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "perang dingin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "cogadh fuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerra fredda"
    },
    {
      "alt": "れいせん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "reisen",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "冷戦"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "perang dingin"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "suyq soğys",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "суық соғыс"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sɑɑsɑngkriəm trɑɑcĕək",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "សង្គ្រាមត្រជាក់"
    },
    {
      "alt": "冷戰",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "naengjeon",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "냉전"
    },
    {
      "alt": "冷戰",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "raengjeon",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "랭전"
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "şerê sar"
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    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kansız soguş",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "кансыз согуш"
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    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "song khām yen",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "ສົງຄາມເຢັນ"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "bellum frigidum"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aukstais karš"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šaltasis karas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koolt Krieg"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "studena vojna",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "студена војна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "perang dingin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "pakanga taungaunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "śītayuddhaṁ",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "ശീതയുദ്ധം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwerra bierda"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caggey feayr"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "śītyuddha",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "शीतयुद्ध"
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    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xüjten dajn",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хүйтэн дайн"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fraide dgèrre"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "kald krig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guèrra freja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jang-e sard",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "جنگ سرد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zimna wojna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerra fria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "śīt jaṅg",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "ਸ਼ੀਤ ਜੰਗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "război rece"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xolódnaja vojná",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "холо́дная война́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "an cogadh fuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "хладни рат"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hladni rat"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerra fridda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "studená vojna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hladna vojna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerra fría"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "vita baridi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kallt krig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "digmaang malamig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "jang-i sard",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "ҷaнги сард"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "salkın suğış",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "салкын сугыш"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǒng-kraam-yen",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "สงครามเย็น"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "soğuk savaş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "sowuk uruş"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xolódna vijná",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "холо́дна війна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sard jang",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سرد جنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "soghuq urush",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "سوغۇق ئۇرۇش"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "sovuq urush"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guera freda"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "chiến tranh lạnh"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "y rhyfel oer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "kâlde kriich"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "tımnıı serii",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "word": "тымныы сэрии"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kalter krig",
      "sense": "a period of hostile relations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קאַלטער קריג"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cold war"
}

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