Reich (Noun)
Meaning 1
Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Synonyms
Meaning 3
The German state.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Reich was a complex system of government that lasted for centuries in Germany.
- Hitler's goal was to establish a new German Reich, which would unite all Germans under his rule.
- The Reich was dissolved in 1806 after the French victory in the Napoleonic Wars.
- In the aftermath of World War I, the Weimar Republic replaced the old Reich as the governing authority in Germany.
- During World War II, the Reich expanded through conquest to encompass a vast territory across Europe.