World War III

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Proper noun

World War III

1. A hypothetical world war following World War II.

Usage notes

During the Cold War this term implied instantaneous world destruction. With the various subsequent conventional wars, that implication is becoming much less common. It is now more often used colloquially to exaggerate personal arguments, such as conflicts within a nuclear family.

Synonyms

• Third World War
• World War Three

Related terms

• world war
• World War I
• World War II
• World War IV

Translations

hypothetical world war (World War III)

• Arabic: الحرب العالمية الثالثة (ar) (al-ḥarb al-ʿālamíyya al-ṯāliṯa) f
• Armenian: երրորդ համաշխարհային պատերազմ (hy) (errord hamašxarhayin paterazm) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第三次世界大戰 (cmn), 第三次世界大战 (cmn) (dìsāncì shìjiè dàzhàn)

• Dutch: Derde Wereldoorlog (nl) m
• Finnish: kolmas maailmansota (fi)
• French: Troisième Guerre mondiale (fr) f
• German: Dritter Weltkrieg (de) m
• Greek: Τρίτος Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος (el) (Trítos Pagkósmios Pólemos) m 
• Hungarian: harmadik világháború (hu)
• Icelandic: þriðja heimsstyrjöldin (is) f

• Italian: Terza Guerra Mondiale (it) f
• Japanese: 第三次世界大戦 (ja) (daisanji sekai taisen)
• Khmer: សង្គ្រាមលោកលើកទី៣ (km) (songkreeum saagoloak dee bei)
• Korean: 제3차 세계 대전 (ko) (jesamcha segye daejeon)
• Macedonian: Трета светска војна (mk) (Tréta svétska vójna) f
• Marathi: तिसरे विश्व युद्ध (mr) (tisare viśva yuddha) n
• Navajo: tááʼ góneʼ yéigo daʼahijoogą́ą́ʼ
• Norwegian: tredje verdenskrig (no) m
• Russian: третья мировая война (ru) (trétʹja mirovája vojná) f 
• Turkish: Üçüncü Dünya Savaşı (tr), 3. Dünya Savaşı (tr)
• Volapük: volakrig kilid (vo)

See also

• nuclear holocaust