RAPPROCHEMENT

Rapprochement

In international relations, a rapprochement, which comes from the French word rapprocher, is a re-establishment of cordial relations, as between two countries. In the political scene of an individual country, rapprochement means the bringing together of diverse political factions as, for example, during metapolitefsi in Greece.

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rapprochement

Noun

  1. The reestablishment of cordial relations, particularly between two countries; a reconciliation.
    It was the Nixon administration that saw the rapprochement between the United States and China.


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