English Explanatory Dictionary

velvet divorce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A non-violent separation of formerly united nations, especially the one which occurred when Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.

Word forms

velvet divorce velvet divorces

Etymology

Originally with reference to the separation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, by analogy with the Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) of 1989.

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