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To gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.
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divide and rule — phrase to keep control over people who might oppose you, by encouraging disagreement or fighting among them The empire was maintained through a strategy of divide and rule. Thesaurus: to cause problems between peoplesynonym Main entry: divide * * … Useful english dictionary
divide-and-rule — divide and conquer/rule divide and conquer/rule a way of keeping yourself in a position of power by making the people under you disagree with each other so that they are unable to join together and remove you from your position. They used divide… … New idioms dictionary
divide and rule — ► divide and rule (or conquer) maintain control over opponents by encouraging a disunity that makes their opposition ineffective. Main Entry: ↑divide … English terms dictionary
Divide and rule — For the collection of novellas by L. Sprague de Camp, see Divide and Rule (collection). In politics and sociology, divide and rule (derived from Latin: divide et impera) (also known as divide and conquer) is a combination of political, military… … Wikipedia
divide and rule — Government is more easily maintained if factions are set against each other, and not allowed to unite against the ruler. A common maxim (in Latin divide et impera, in German entzwei und gebiete), it should not (pace quot. 1732) be laid at the… … Proverbs new dictionary
divide and rule — to keep control over people who might oppose you, by encouraging disagreement or fighting among them The empire was maintained through a strategy of divide and rule … English dictionary
Divide and Rule (collection) — Divide and Rule first edition of Divide and Rule … Wikipedia
Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 — (Dutch: Verdeel en heers. De deling van Afrika, 1880 1914), is a history book by Dutch historian Henk Wesseling, published by Bert Bakker 1991. As the title suggests, the books deals with the European partition and colonisation of Africa. In the… … Wikipedia
divide and rule (or conquer) — maintain control over subordinates or opponents by encouraging dissent between them so that they do not unite in opposition. → divide … English new terms dictionary
divide and rule — divide and conquer/rule a way of keeping yourself in a position of power by making the people under you disagree with each other so that they are unable to join together and remove you from your position. A small minority have continued to govern … New idioms dictionary
