Meaning

2 senses

  1. Military and industrial facilities situated in the same place.

  2. (also, derogatory, often)A nation's armed forces and industries (especially those supplying weapons and other materiel) collectively, regarded as a strong vested interest exerting great influence on the government.

    militärisch-industrieller Komplex

    вое́нно-промы́шленный ко́мплексvojénno-promýšlennyj kómpleks, ВПКVPK

    військо́во-промисло́вий ко́мплексvijsʹkóvo-promyslóvyj kómpleks, воє́нно-промисло́вий ко́мплексvojénno-promyslóvyj kómpleks

More definitions
  • a country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment

Translations

6 languages
Українська
nation’s armed forces and industries collectively, regarded as a strong vested interest exerting great influence on the government:
Русский
By meaning 1
nation’s armed forces and industries collectively, regarded as a strong vested interest exerting great influence on the government:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
nation’s armed forces and industries collectively, regarded as a strong vested interest exerting great influence on the government:

Origin

From military (adjective) + industrial (adjective) + complex (noun), popularized by Dwight

From military (adjective) + industrial (adjective) + complex (noun), popularized by Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), the 34th President of the United States, in his farewell address in 1961: see the quotation.

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Forms

plural: military-industrial complexes

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
militaristicmilitarizemilitaryA2militatemilitiamilkA1

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