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containment: the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"; (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor; a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"

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self-command collapse

self-interest collapse

environment collapse: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"; the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"

encirclement collapse

egotism collapse: an exaggerated opinion of your own importance

unfriendliness collapse: an unfriendly disposition; dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness

foreign policy collapse: a policy governing international relations

foreign affairs collapse

self-reliance collapse

ego trip collapse

self-serving collapse: interested only in yourself

self-admiration collapse

self-seeking collapse

sphere of influence collapse

cincture collapse

coexistence collapse: existing peacefully together

envelopment collapse

internationalism collapse: the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences

circling collapse

brinkmanship collapse: the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)

detente collapse: the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)

open door collapse: freedom of access; "he maintained an open door for all employees"

sang-froid collapse

nationalism collapse: the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other; the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals; the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination

home rule collapse: self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government

balance of power collapse: an equilibrium of power between nations

self-absorption collapse: preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else

self-esteem collapse: a feeling of pride in yourself

autonomy collapse: immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence; personal independence

autarchy collapse

isolationism collapse: a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations

imperialism collapse: any instance of aggressive extension of authority; a political orientation that advocates imperial interests; a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries

preparedness collapse

greed collapse: excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

narcissism collapse

appeasement collapse: the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)

self-indulgence collapse

incompatibility collapse: the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination; the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time; (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)

inclusion collapse: the act of including; the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"; the state of being included

self-government collapse: government of a political unit by its own people

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