Lebensraumn.

Brit.

/ˈleɪb(ə)nzraʊm/,

/ˈleɪb(ə)nsraʊm/, U.S.

/ˈleɪbənzˌraʊm/,

/ˈleɪbənsˌraʊm/

Inflections: Plural Lebensraume, Lebensräume.

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Lebensraum.

Etymology: < German Lebensraum space to live, habitat (1809 or earlier; mid 18th cent. in sense ‘life span’; 1901 in geopolitical use: see note) < Lebens- , combining form of Leben life n. + Raum space (see room n.¹). Compare earlier life-space n. at life n. Compounds 1a(b).In plural forms after the German plural form Lebensräume. The geopolitical use of the German word was introduced by F. Ratzel in a social Darwinist context ( Der Lebensraum: eine biogeographische Studie, in K Bücher, K.V. Fricker, et al. Festgaben f. Albert Schäffle (1901) 101-89), denoting the territory needed by a population to sustain itself. During the Weimar Republic, it became part of wider nationalist discourse and was subsequently adopted as a key concept of Nazi foreign policy.

A natural habitat; spec. territory which a group, state, or nation believes or asserts is needed for its natural development or expansion (also as a count noun). Also in extended use. Cf. life-space n. at life n. Compounds 1a(b), living space n. 1b.Associated chiefly with the aggressively expansionist ideology and policies of Nazi Germany.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory needed by Germans

Lebensraum1905

living space1906

1905 Mind 14 266 A universal activity..forms an all-comprehending Lebensraum in which the manifold may meet and enter into relation.

1939 A. Salter Dual Policy 25 Lebensraum, or a place in the sun, is the historic claim and ambition of Germany, as ‘encirclement’ is her historic anxiety.

1957 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 881/2 Hitler was convinced that..Germany..needed Russian territory for Lebensraum.

1960 Guardian 14 Mar. 6/6 Music, manuscripts, and her little daughter's toys compete amiably for lebensraum.

1972 W. A. Pantin Oxf. Life iv. 49 The problem of Lebensraum for the developing natural sciences..was already beginning to appear in the early-nineteenth-century minutes of the Hebdomadal Council.

2003 N. Smith Amer. Empire i. 28 The postwar world would be a global Lebensraum, it would be an economic Lebensraum, and it would be an American Lebensraum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lebensraum
释义	Lebensraumn. Brit. /ˈleɪb(ə)nzraʊm/, /ˈleɪb(ə)nsraʊm/, U.S. /ˈleɪbənzˌraʊm/, /ˈleɪbənsˌraʊm/ Inflections: Plural Lebensraume, Lebensräume. Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Lebensraum. Etymology: < German Lebensraum space to live, habitat (1809 or earlier; mid 18th cent. in sense ‘life span’; 1901 in geopolitical use: see note) < Lebens- , combining form of Leben life n. + Raum space (see room n.¹). Compare earlier life-space n. at life n. Compounds 1a(b).In plural forms after the German plural form Lebensräume. The geopolitical use of the German word was introduced by F. Ratzel in a social Darwinist context ( Der Lebensraum: eine biogeographische Studie, in K Bücher, K.V. Fricker, et al. Festgaben f. Albert Schäffle (1901) 101-89), denoting the territory needed by a population to sustain itself. During the Weimar Republic, it became part of wider nationalist discourse and was subsequently adopted as a key concept of Nazi foreign policy. A natural habitat; spec. territory which a group, state, or nation believes or asserts is needed for its natural development or expansion (also as a count noun). Also in extended use. Cf. life-space n. at life n. Compounds 1a(b), living space n. 1b.Associated chiefly with the aggressively expansionist ideology and policies of Nazi Germany. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory needed by Germans Lebensraum1905 living space1906 1905 Mind 14 266 A universal activity..forms an all-comprehending Lebensraum in which the manifold may meet and enter into relation. 1939 A. Salter Dual Policy 25 Lebensraum, or a place in the sun, is the historic claim and ambition of Germany, as ‘encirclement’ is her historic anxiety. 1957 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 881/2 Hitler was convinced that..Germany..needed Russian territory for Lebensraum. 1960 Guardian 14 Mar. 6/6 Music, manuscripts, and her little daughter's toys compete amiably for lebensraum. 1972 W. A. Pantin Oxf. Life iv. 49 The problem of Lebensraum for the developing natural sciences..was already beginning to appear in the early-nineteenth-century minutes of the Hebdomadal Council. 2003 N. Smith Amer. Empire i. 28 The postwar world would be a global Lebensraum, it would be an economic Lebensraum, and it would be an American Lebensraum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1905
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