noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌdʒiːəʊˈpɒlɪtɪks/
Received-Pronunciation:/dʒi.əˈpɒlɪtɪks/
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General-American:/ˌdʒioʊˈpɑlətɪks/
CMU ARPABET:JH IY2 OW0 P AA1 L AH0 T IH0 K S
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noun
Meaning 1
The study of the effects of geography (especially economic geography) on politics and international relations, usually referring to countries and relations between them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: politics, political science, government
Narrower terms: geostrategy
History
Etymology
From geo- + politics, calque of Swedish geopolitik, coined in 1900 by Rudolf Kjellén.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
gjeopolitikë
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Armenian:
աշխարհաքաղաքականություն
(ašxarhakʻaġakʻakanutʻyun)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Asturian:
xeopolítica
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Azerbaijani:
geosiyasət
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Belarusian:
геапалі́тыка
(hjeapalítyka)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Bulgarian:
геополи́тика
(geopolítika)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Catalan:
geopolítica
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Chinese Mandarin:
地緣政治學 /地缘政治学
(dìyuán zhèngzhìxué)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Chinese Mandarin:
地緣政治 /地缘政治
(dìyuán zhèngzhì)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Czech:
geopolitika
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Danish:
geopolitik
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Dutch:
geopolitiek
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Estonian:
geopoliitika
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Faroese:
geopolitikkur
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Finnish:
geopolitiikka
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
French:
géopolitique
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Galician:
xeopolítica
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Georgian:
გეოპოლიტიკა
(geoṗoliṭiḳa)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
German:
Geopolitik
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Greek:
γεωπολιτική
(geopolitikí)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Hebrew:
גֵּאוֹפּוֹלִיטִיקָה
(geopolítika)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Hindi:
भूराजनीति
(bhūrājnīti)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Hungarian:
geopolitika
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Italian:
geopolitica
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Japanese:
地政学
(chiseigaku)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Kazakh:
геосаясат
(geosaäsat)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Khmer:
ភូមិសាស្ត្រនយោបាយ
(phuumisaah nĕəʼyoobaay)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Korean:
지정학
(jijeonghak)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Kyrgyz:
геосаясат
(geosayasat)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Latvian:
ģeopolitika
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Lithuanian:
geopolitika
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Macedonian:
геополитика
(geopolitika)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Norwegian Bokmål:
geopolitikk
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Persian:
ژئوپلیتیک
(že'opolitik)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Persian:
جغراسیاست
(joġrâsiyâsat)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Polish:
geopolityka
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Portuguese:
geopolítica
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Romanian:
geopolitică
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Russian:
геополи́тика
(geopolítika)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Serbo-Croatian:
геополѝтика
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Serbo-Croatian:
geopolìtika
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Slovak:
geopolitika
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Slovene:
geopolitika
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Spanish:
geopolítica
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Swahili:
siasa ya kijiografia
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Swedish:
geopolitik
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Tajik:
геополитика
(geopolitika)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Tajik:
сиёсати ҷуғрофиёӣ
(siyosat-i juġrofiyoyi)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Thai:
ภูมิรัฐศาสตร์
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Turkish:
jeopolitik
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Ukrainian:
геополі́тика
(heopolítyka)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Urdu:
جُغْرَافِیَائِی سِیَاسَتْ
(juġrāfiyāī siyāsat)
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Uzbek:
geosiyosat
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Vietnamese:
địa chính trị
— the study of the effects of geography on international politics
