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单词 pax sovietica
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Pax Sovietican.

Brit. /ˌpaks səʊvɪˈɛtᵻkə/, /ˌpaks sɒvɪˈɛtᵻkə/, U.S. /ˈˌpæks soʊviˈɛdəkə/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pāx , Soviet n., Latin -ica.
Etymology: < classical Latin pāx peace (see peace n.) + Soviet n. + classical Latin -ica, feminine of -icus -ic suffix. Compare Sovietic adj. at Soviet n. and adj. Derivatives.See etymological note s.v. pax n.1
Now historical.
A state or period of relative peace overseen by the Soviet Union.
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society > armed hostility > peace > [noun] > involving specific nations
Roman peace1610
Pax Romana1853
peaceful coexistence1857
Pax Britannica1871
Pax Americana1894
Pax Sovietica1945
Pax Communistica1946
1945 A. Huxley Let. 7 May (1969) 522 One can only hope that the Pax Sovietica may last as long as the Pax Romana.
1969 Sunday Times 19 Oct. 49 There won't be a Pax Sovietica or anything like it, because the world is too big to be governed by anybody.
1993 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 21 Nov. 1 c The death of communism ended the Pax Sovietica that kept the postwar peace in Eastern Europe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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