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View synonyms for Anschluss
Anschluss
[ ahn-shloos ]
noun
- union, especially the political union of Austria with Germany in 1938.
Anschluss
/ ˈænʃlʊs /
noun
- a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany (1938)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Anschluss1
1920–25; < German: consolidation, joining together, equivalent to an- on, to + Schluss a closing
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Anschluss1
German: from anschliessen to join
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Example Sentences
Had she likened Russian action in Ukraine to the Nazi Anschluss?
From The Daily Beast
After the Russian anschluss in Crimea last week, people around the world are asking themselves uneasily: How far will Moscow go?
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Sound or not, Kennedy became ambassador in 1938, the year that Germany marched into Austria to create the Anschluss.
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The word "Anschluss" seems hardly to imply so complete a union as was afterwards aimed at by the German party in Vienna.
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