Meaning of Westphalian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
   not-comparable
2. Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
   not-comparable
3. Of or pertaining to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 which established a new system of political order in Central Europe, based on the concept of co-existing sovereign states.
   not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“Then comes the imperative necessity of eating smoked Westphalian ham for breakfast: this is on the principle that imitation is the most delicate flattery.”

“The long stagnation and despotism under the Chinese world order in East Asia before the late 19th century are thus pretentiously repackaged as China's alternative to the Western-dominated, Westphalian system of international relations.”

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