Munichiten.adj.
/ˈmjuːnᵻkʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmjunəˌkaɪt/ A. n.
An advocate of the policy of appeasement with Germany, as embodied in the Munich Agreement of September 1938. Also in extended use.
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Munichite1939
appeaser1940
Municheer1942
1939 P. Toynbee tr. H. Kérillis & R. Cartier Kérillis on Causes of War ii. 30 ‘That may be so,’ reply the Munichites, ‘but in order to save Czechoslovakia we would have had to fight a war with Germany.’
1941 W. Pickles tr. L. Lévy Truth about France ii. 92 The Munichites were triumphant, and treated their opponents as war-mongers.
1950 A. Wilson Such Darling Dodos 88 Tony was not..unpatriotic, but he had been a great Munichite.
1956 A. Werth France 1940–1955 xiii. 474 Those who had no enthusiasm for the war in Korea were treated as ‘Munichites’.
1962 M. Foot Aneurin Bevan I. ix. 285 At Bridgwater, Vernon Bartlett,..won a spectacular victory in the teeth of all the ‘peace’ propaganda of the Munichites.
1978 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 72 1473/1 The president harbored no ill feelings toward Britain and France as such, but only toward the two countries' ‘Munichites’, Chamberlain, Daladier and..Georges Bonnet.
2005 N. Redfern Class or Nation iv. 136 It is also possible that the policy of attacking ‘Munichites’ rather than the government as a whole was a compromise between the different lines favoured by Dutt and Pollitt.
B. adj.
Supportive of the policy of appeasement with Germany; (also) of or regarding this policy. Also in extended use.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [adjective] > specific policies
non-interventionist1835
sanctionist1935
Munichite1939
two-China1962
Finlandized1972
sanctioning1976
non-interventionalist1982
1939 Labour Monthly Sept. 517 The Soviet Union's blow against the whole Munichite camp has created the most favourable conditions for us to follow up the victory on our side. Chamberlain's policy stands exposed. It has not brought peace.
1944 Troy (N.Y.) Record 1 Aug. 10/3 It will do this by trying to split them, use isolationist, Munichite tendencies in American and Britain and win a compromise peace by deception.
1988 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 1: U.S.S.R. (B.B.C.) 4 Apr. SU/0116/A1/1 At the end of the 1930s ‘The Times’..did all it could to ensure the realisation of Western Munichite politicians' obsession with bringing about a clash between the Soviet Union and Hitler Germany.
1990 T. Kushner & A. Lunn Politics of Marginality 86 R. Palme Dutt and Willie Gallacher saw in it [sc. the release of Oswald Mosley from prison] a manifestation of pre-war Munichite tendencies.
2003 World News Connection (Nexis) 2 July That threat was..of such a pressing nature that it was impossible, irresponsible,‘Munichite’ in fact, to leave a little more time to the UN disarmament inspectors:
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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