CLAUSEWITZ

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• CLAUSEWITZ (noun)
  The noun CLAUSEWITZ has 1 sense:

1. Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831)

  Familiarity information: CLAUSEWITZ used as a noun is very rare.

• CLAUSEWITZ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Clausewitz; Karl von Clausewitz

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)