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[ adjective ] of or relating to or like Napoleon Bonaparte
Examples "Napoleonic Wars" Used in print (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)On_the_one_hand , the major European_nations had to maintain vis-a-vis each other an emphasis upon sovereignty , independence , formal equality - thus insuring for themselves individually an optimal freedom of action to maintain the `` flexibility of alignment '' that the system required and to avoid anything approaching a repetition of the disastrous Napoleonic experience . Related terms |
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