final solution
The planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the NazisThe planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust.
» I don't own all the facts yet to solve and to come at the final solution to this issue.
Meaning
3 senses(capitalized, historical, often)The planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust.
Endlösung
оконча́тельное реше́ниеokončátelʹnoje rešénije
the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945
(broadly)Any similar attempted or successful genocide.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see final, solution.
Examples
1 sentencesI don't own all the facts yet to solve and to come at the final solution to this issue.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Calque of German Endlösung, which is short for Endlösung der Judenfrage (“Final Solution tCalque of German Endlösung, which is short for Endlösung der Judenfrage (“Final Solution to the Jewish Question”)
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