city in Germany; Munich Agreement; appeasement
Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesnoun
city in southern Germany; Munich
neutralProper noun referring to the capital and largest city of the German state of Bavaria.
Munich is an important economic and cultural center in Germany.
We plan to travel to Munich next year.
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The Munich Oktoberfest is very famous.
noun
diplomatic appeasement; sacrificing another's interests for compromise; Munich
formalA historical and political metaphor derived from the 1938 Munich Agreement, where Britain and France acquiesced to Nazi Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia. It now symbolizes a policy of appeasement that sacrifices the interests of a third party to achieve temporary peace or compromise with an aggressor.
This policy of appeasement is tantamount to a new Munich conspiracy.
Historians often use the Munich incident to warn against compromise with aggressors.
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His diplomatic strategy was criticized as a modern version of Munich.