salami tactics
salami tactics · salami tacticses
Salamitaktik
The piecemeal removal or scaling back of somethingThe piecemeal removal or scaling back of something (especially political opposition); a gradual attack on an opposing position, group, etc.
Meaning
1 senses(plural, plural only)The piecemeal removal or scaling back of something (especially political opposition); a gradual attack on an opposing position, group, etc.
Salamitaktik
Translations
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By meaning 1
piecemeal removal:
Origin
Calque of Hungarian szalámitaktika, coined by Hungarian communist Mátyás Rákosi to describCalque of Hungarian szalámitaktika, coined by Hungarian communist Mátyás Rákosi to describe the method, "cutting them off like slices of salami", by which the ruling Hungarian Working People's Party dealt with dissidents under his leadership.
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Forms
plural: salami tacticses| Singular | salami tactics |
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