- (functioning as singular) the study of the effect of geographical factors on politics, esp international politics; political geography
- (functioning as plural) the combination of geographical and political factors affecting a country or area
- (functioning as plural) politics as they affect the whole world; global politics
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ge•o•pol•i•tics /ˌdʒioʊˈpɑlɪtɪks/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable; used with a singular verb]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Governmentthe study of the influence of geography on the politics, national power, or foreign policy of a country.
ge•o•pol•i•tics
( jē′ō pol′i tiks),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. v.)
ge′o•pol′i•tic, ge•o•po•lit•i•cal
( jē′ō pə lit′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj.
ge′o•po•lit′i•cal•ly, adv.
ge•o•pol•i•ti•cian
( jē′ō pol′i tish′ən),USA pronunciation ge′o•pol′i•tist, n.
- Governmentthe study or the application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state.
- Governmentthe combination of geographic and political factors influencing or delineating a country or region.
- Governmenta national policy based on the interrelation of politics and geography.
- Governmenta Nazi doctrine that a combination of political, geographic, historical, racial, and economic factors substantiated Germany's right to expand its borders and control various strategic land masses and natural resources. Cf. Lebensraum.
- 1900–05; translation of German Geopolitik. See geo-, politics
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geopolitics /ˌdʒiːəʊˈpɒlɪtɪks/ n
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