Definition of Lebensraum

1. Noun. Space sought for occupation by a nation whose population is expanding.

Exact synonyms: Living Space
Generic synonyms: Elbow Room, Room, Way

Definition of Lebensraum

1. Proper noun. (context: in German history from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth Centuries) Territories considered appropriate for German annexation, regarded as vital for the natural flourishing of the German race: ¹

2. Noun. (chiefly with reference to nations and peoples) Hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lebensraum

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lebensraum

leaving do
leaving dos
leaving for dead
leaving group
leaving one's options open
leaving out
leavy
leaze
leazes
leban
lebbek
lebbeks
leben
lebens
lebensraum (current term)
lebensraums
lebensräume
lebetase
lebkuchen
leblebi
leblouh
lebni
lebrikizumab
lecama
lecanomancy
lecanopteris
lecanora
lecanoras
lecanoric

Literary usage of Lebensraum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"When it is a question of defending the vital interests of the Reich, Germany's lebensraum and the future of her people, no sacrifice is too great for us. ..."

2. Influences of Geographic Environment, on the Basis of Ratzel's System of by Ellen Churchill Semple (1911)
"Ratzel, Der lebensraum, eine bio-geographische Studie, p. 51. Tubingen, 1901. 6. DG Brinton, Races and Peoples, pp. 271, 293-295. Philadelphia, 1901. 7. ..."

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