Meaning of Reich | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government.
2. A surname from German.
3. The Third Reich; Nazi Germany.
4. A municipality in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
5. Any empire, especially one that is imperialist, tyrannical, and/or racist.
   derogatory

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Examples

“The Empire is differently denominated as well by Germans themſelves as by others. It is called the Reich, in Latin Regnum, by way of eminence, as alſo the German Reich, in Latin Regnum Germanicum. The appellation of Germany, is ſeldom uſed now-a-days any where but in the title of the Emperor and Elector of Mentz.”

“Obviously, Schmitt envisaged Nazi Germany as the Reich at the heart of the European great space, which he sought to shield from Anglo-American interference.”

“And so his fine words — they are excellent within these limitations — must be husbanded exclusively against foes of the Russian Reich. Nevertheless, he too turns his back on the past with a will. . . . God knows how far the Tolstoian talent […]”

“Mr. Ycas, one of their members, told me that a serious attempt was made to strike for total independence but that the majority felt it was the wise course to ask for autonomy within the Russian Reich. A Lithuanian National Council was formed.”

“Did not Oliver Cromwell, the founder of the British Reich, boast that hanging Irishmen always gave him an excellent appetite? Yet who could deny that he was a political and military genius? One should always compare Imperialisms […]”

“Frere, obviously keen to start the thousand-year civilizing mission of the British Reich as soon as possible, invited Cetshwayo to a meeting in December 1878.”

“[…] we are presenting our analysis of the place and significance of the remote war technology within the American Reich.”

“NATO and the European Union, both led by America, embody that purpose. It preserves the sovereignty of the member states, but ultimate sovereignty rests with the American Reich and all the states willingly coordinate their policies with and subordinate themselves to American leadership.”

“The Human Reich over nature is inherently flawed, catastrophically overextended, and soon to fall on its own sword.”

“The Human Reich is a fundamentally flawed bit of imagination that can never be realized, as we critically depend on an intact ecology.”

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