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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

政治独立

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhèng zhì dú lì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Political independence/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dəns/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"维护国家主权和政治独立是外交政策的核心。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The condition of a nation, country, or state exercising self-government and absolute sovereignty over its internal and external affairs without external control.

    "The colony successfully negotiated its political independence after decades of anti-colonial struggle."
  2. 2

    Freedom from outside political influence, dictation, or manipulation in policy-making and governance.

    "Maintaining political independence is vital for a developing nation to protect its indigenous economic interests."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'political', originating from the Greek 'politikos' (of, for, or relating to citizens), and 'independence', combining the Latin prefix 'in-' (not) with 'dependentia', stemming from 'dependere' (to hang down from). The compound term emerged in modern political discourse during the era of the Enlightenment and subsequent national liberation movements in the 18th and 19th centuries to denote complete sovereignty and self-governance of a state.

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🇫🇷French → English

indépendance politique

Transliteration: /ɛ̃.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃s pɔ.li.tik/

"Le pays a célébré cinquante ans d'indépendance politique."

🇩🇪German → English

politische Unabhängigkeit

Transliteration: /poˈliːtɪʃə ˈʊnˌʔaphɛŋɪçkaɪt/

"Die politische Unabhängigkeit ist das höchste Gut einer Nation."

🇮🇹Italian → English

indipendenza politica

Transliteration: /in.di.pɛnˈdɛn.t͡sa poˈli.ti.ka/

"La lotta per l'indipendenza politica è stata lunga e sanguinosa."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

independencia política

Transliteration: /in.de.pɛnˈden.sja poˈli.ti.ka/

"La independencia política garantiza el futuro de la nación."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

independência política

Transliteration: /ĩ.de.pẽˈdẽ.si.ɐ poˈli.tʃi.kɐ/

"O herói nacional lutou pela independência política do país."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

राजनीतिक स्वतंत्रता

Transliteration: rājaniitik svatantratā

"देश ने कई वर्षों के संघर्ष के बाद राजनीतिक स्वतंत्रता प्राप्त की।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

政治独立

Transliteration: zhèng zhì dú lì

"维护国家主权和政治独立是外交政策的核心。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

정치적 독립

Transliteration: jeong-chijeok dok-nip

"그들은 오랫동안 정치적 독립을 위해 싸워왔다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

政治的独立

Transliteration: seijiteki dokuritsu

"国家の政治的独立は不可侵のものである。"

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