alinement

Other forms: alinements

Definitions of alinement

1. noun

   an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
   synonyms: alignment, alliance, coalition

   types:

   combination

   an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)

   allies

   an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy

   axis, bloc

   a group of countries in special alliance

   Allies

   in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers

   Central Powers

   in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies

   Allies

   the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945

   Axis

   in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations

   entente, entente cordiale

   an informal alliance between countries

   popular front

   a leftist coalition organized against a common opponent

   global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization

   an international alliance involving many different countries

   Northern Alliance, United Front

   a multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban

   combination in restraint of trade

   (law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States)

   Arab League

   an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation

   Common Market, EC, EEC, EU, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union

   an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members

   NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

   an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security

   OPCW, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

   international organization for chemical disarmament; administers the Chemical Weapons Convention

   OAS, Organization of American States

   an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation

   OPEC, Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries

   an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum

   League of Nations

   an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless; it was dissolved in 1946 after the United Nations was formed

   community

   a group of nations having common interests

   CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States

   an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991

   UN, United Nations

   an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security

   scheduled territories, sterling area, sterling bloc

   the group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling

   commonwealth

   a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another

   WTO, World Trade Organization

   an international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade

   type of:

   organisation, organization

   a group of people who work together