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Final solution

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of final solution (“attempted mass murder of the Jews by the Nazis”). alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    The planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust. capitalized, historical, often

    "Criticizing China’s actions alone is not enough. The United States, which at first called the Nazis' Final Solution a "war rumor," according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, must not make the same mistake again. The United States cannot stand idly by and let its economic relationship with Beijing cloud its judgment."

  2. 2
    Any similar attempted or successful genocide. broadly
  3. 3
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see final, solution.

    "Each mol of nitric acid gives three mol of nitrous acid which is therefore present in the final solution to the amount of 0.048 mol per liter."

Etymology

Calque of German Endlösung, which is short for Endlösung der Judenfrage (“Final Solution to the Jewish Question”)

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