单词 | divide and rule |
释义 | divide and rulea way ofkeepingyourself in apositionofpowerbycausingdisagreementsamong otherpeopleso that they areunabletoopposeyou: It's just afactthat theprinciplethatunderpinsanyempireisdivideandrule. He wasaccusedoftryingtodivideandrule. Thatpolicyofdivideandrulewouldseemto havebackfired. Sheactivelyencouragedconflict. Divide andrule, that was hermotto. It wasuniversallyacknowledgedthat heoperatedasystemofdivideandrule. See also divideverb(DISAGREE) |
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