Pax Americana
Meanings
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- The period of relative peace in the Western world since the end of World War II in 1945, coinciding with the military and economic dominance of the United States.
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Etymology
From Latin pāx (“peace”) + Americāna (“American”) after the model of the imperial Roman Pāx Rōmāna and earlier British Pāx Britannica.
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