ge·o·pol·i·tics (jē'ō-pŏl'ĭ-tĭks)
n. (used with a sing. verb)

1. The study of the relationship among politics and geography, demography, and economics, especially with respect to the foreign policy of a nation.
2. 1. A governmental policy employing geopolitics.
   2. A Nazi doctrine holding that the geographic, economic, and political needs of Germany justified its invasion and seizure of other lands.
3. A combination of geographic and political factors relating to or influencing a nation or region.

geopolitical ge'o·po·lit'i·cal (-pə-lĭt'ĭ-kəl) adj.
geopolitically ge'o·po·lit'i·cal·ly adv.
geopolitician ge'o·pol'i·ti'cian (-tĭsh'ən) n.

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