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Definitions for peaceful coexistence
peace·ful co·ex·is·tence

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  1. peaceful coexistencenoun

    The idea that nation-states should not interfere with the domestic affairs of other countries in order to avoid conflict.

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  1. Peaceful coexistence

    Peaceful coexistence (Russian: Мирное сосуществование, romanized: Mirnoye sosushchestvovaniye) was a theory, developed and applied by the Soviet Union at various points during the Cold War in the context of primarily Marxist–Leninist foreign policy and adopted by Soviet-allied socialist states, according to which the Socialist Bloc could peacefully coexist with the capitalist bloc (i.e., U.S.-allied states). This was in contrast to the antagonistic contradiction principle that socialism and capitalism could never coexist in peace. The Soviet Union applied it to relations between the western world, particularly NATO countries, and nations of the Warsaw Pact. Debates over differing interpretations of peaceful coexistence were one aspect of the Sino-Soviet split in the 1950s and 1960s. During the 1970s, the People's Republic of China under the leadership of its founder, Mao Zedong, argued that a belligerent attitude should be maintained towards capitalist countries, and so initially rejected the peaceful coexistence theory as essentially Marxist revisionism. However, their decision in 1972 to establish a trade relationship with the United States also saw China cautiously adopting a version of the theory to relations between itself and non-socialist countries. From that point through the early 1980s and the adoption of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, China increasingly extended its own peaceful coexistence concept to include all nations. Albanian ruler Enver Hoxha (at one time, China's only true ally) also denounced this and turned against China as a result of the latter's growing ties to the West, as exemplified by Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972; today, Hoxhaist parties continue to denounce the concept of peaceful coexistence. Peaceful coexistence, in extending itself to all countries and social movements tied to the USSR's interpretation of communism, quickly became modus operandi for many individual communist parties as well, encouraging quite a few, especially those in the developed world, to give up their long-term goal of amassing support for an armed, insurrectionist communist revolution in exchange for more active participation in electoral politics.

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  1. Peaceful coexistence

    Peaceful coexistence was a theory developed and applied by the Soviet Union at various points during the Cold War in the context of its ostensibly Marxist–Leninist foreign policy and was adopted by Soviet-influenced "Socialist states" that they could peacefully coexist with the capitalist bloc. This was in contrast to the antagonistic contradiction principle that Communism and capitalism could never coexist in peace. The Soviet Union applied it to relations between the western world and in particular, the United States and NATO countries and the nations of the Warsaw Pact. Debates over differing interpretations of peaceful coexistence were one aspect of the Sino-Soviet split in the 1950s and 1960s. During the 1960s and early 1970s, the People's Republic of China under the leadership of its founder, Mao Zedong, argued that a belligerent attitude should be maintained towards capitalist countries, and so initially rejected the peaceful coexistence theory as essentially Marxist revisionism. However, their decision in 1972 to establish a trade relationship with the United States also saw China cautiously adopting a version of the theory to relations between itself and non-socialist countries in the developing world. From that point through to the early 1980s and Socialism with Chinese characteristics, China increasingly extended its own peaceful coexistence concept to include all nations. Enver Hoxha also denounced this and turned against China as a result of China growing closer ties to the West such as 1972 Nixon visit to China and today Hoxhaist parties continue to denounce the concept of peaceful coexistence.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of peaceful coexistence in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of peaceful coexistence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of peaceful coexistence in a Sentence

  1. Antony Blinken:

    Peaceful coexistence has two words. The first is ‘peaceful,’ and Russia’s doing everything in its power to make a mockery of that word through its aggression on Ukraine.

  2. President Volodymyr Zelensky:

    This is not just Russia's invasion of Ukraine, this is the beginning of a war against Europe, against European structures, against democracy, against basic human rights, against a global order of law, rules, and peaceful coexistence.

  3. Josefina Vidal:

    He wasn't that different from us, to think that it's beneficial, normal relations means you are ready to respect the other party's differences and have a peaceful coexistence.

  4. Colonel Abdul Kareem al-Saadi:

    Such procedures are meant to achieve a bigger objective which is maintaining peaceful coexistence.

  5. Claudi Vanoni:

    The increasingly frequent attacks against Jews are shameful for our country. Right-wing movements are attacking our democracy and are targeting our peaceful coexistence, we must protect Jewish life with all our means in our nation of laws and hold the perpetrators accountable.


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  • friedliches ZusammenlebenGerman
  • coexistencia pacíficaSpanish
  • coexistence pacifiqueFrench
  • அமைதியான சகவாழ்வுTamil
  • پرامن بقائے باہمیUrdu

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  • Erick Mokua
    Erick Mokua
    Peaceful coexistence is the ideas that nations and state should not be interfered with domestic affairs to the society to avoid conflict
    LikeReply5 years ago
  • Murtala Sani Hashim
    Murtala Sani Hashim
    thank you very much to the owners of the site, happy to to discover it...
    LikeReply8 years ago

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