military-industrial complex

English

Etymology

Popularized by US president Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address in 1961, see quotations.

Noun

military–industrial complex

1. The armed forces of a nation together with the industries that supply their weapons and materiel.

   Synonym: MIC

   • 1961 January 17, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell address‎^[1]:

     In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.

Derived terms

• animal-industrial complex
• prison-industrial complex
• marriage-industrial complex

Translations

armed forces and industry

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: ռազմարդյունաբերական համալիր (ṙazmardyunaberakan hamalir)
• Belarusian: ваенна-прамысловы комплекс (vajenna-pramyslóvy kómpljeks)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軍工複合體／军工复合体 (jūngōngfùhétǐ)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: sotateollinen kompleksi (fi)
• French: complexe militaro-industriel m
• Georgian: სამხედრო-სამრეწველო კომპლექსი (samxedro-samrec̣velo ḳomṗleksi), სამხედრო-ინდუსტრიული კომპლექსი (samxedro-indusṭriuli ḳomṗleksi)
• German: militärisch-industrieller Komplex
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: әскери-өнеркәсіп кешені (äskeri-önerkäsıp keşenı)
• Korean: 군사 산업 단지 (gunsa saneop danji)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kompleks wojskowo-przemysłowy m
• Romanian: complex militar-industrial n
• Russian: военно-промышленный комплекс (ru) (vojenno-promyšlennyj kompleks)
• Serbo-Croatian: vojno-industrijski kompleks
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: complejo militar industrial m
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: tổ hợp quân sự-công nghiệp

See also

• military-entertainment complex