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WHAT DOES STAB IN THE BACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stab in the back

Stab-in-the-back myth

The stab-in-the-back myth ( Dolchstoßlegende (help·info)) is the notion, widely believed in right-wing circles in Germany after 1918, that the German Army did not lose World War I but was instead betrayed by the civilians on the home front, especially the republicans who overthrew the monarchy. Advocates denounced the German government leaders who signed the Armistice on November 11, 1918, as the "November Criminals" (German: Novemberverbrecher). An illustration from a 1919 Austrian postcard showing a caricatured Jew stabbing the German Army in the back with a dagger. The capitulation was blamed upon the unpatriotic populace, the Socialists, Bolsheviks, the Weimar Republic, and especially the Jews. When the Nazis came to power in 1933 they made the legend an integral part of their official history of the 1920s, portraying the Weimar Republic as the work of the "November criminals" who used the stab in the back to seize power while betraying the nation.

Definition of stab in the back in the English dictionary

The definition of stab in the back in the dictionary is to do damage to the reputation of in a surreptitious way. Other definition of stab in the back is a treacherous action or remark that causes the downfall of or injury to a person.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STAB IN THE BACK

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stab kick
stab pass
stab wound
Stabat Mater
stabbed
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stabbing
stabbingly
stabilate
stabile
stabilisator
stabilities
stability
stability and growth pact
stability pact
stabilization
stabilizator
stabilize
stabilizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE STAB IN THE BACK

a slap on the back
back
back to back
bounce back
fall back
fight back
get back
go back
hit back
hold back
look back
lower back
on one´s back
pat on the back
pay back
put back
set back
sit back
slap on the back
take back
upper back

Synonyms and antonyms of stab in the back in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «stab in the back» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

暗箭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

puñalada por la espalda
570 millions of speakers

English

stab in the back
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीठ में छुरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طعنة في الظهر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

удар в спину
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

facada nas costas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিছনে ঠেলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coup de poignard dans le dos
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tusukan di belakang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dolchstoß in den Rücken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

後ろに刺す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다시 찔러
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stab ing mburi
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

đâm sau lưng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்னால் குத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाठलाग करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Arkada bıçakla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pugnalata alla schiena
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ukłucie w plecy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

удар в спину
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lovitură de cuțit în spate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαχαιριά στην πλάτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

steek in die rug
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

knivhugg i ryggen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dolke i ryggen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stab in the back

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STAB IN THE BACK»

The term «stab in the back» is normally little used and occupies the 111.717 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAB IN THE BACK»

Discover the use of stab in the back in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stab in the back and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Roots of Nazi Psychology: Hitler's Utopian Barbarism
But a symbol for an unassimilated traumatic defeat does not necessarily have to be “a stab in the back.” That this particular symbol was adopted by many Germans and exploited by Hitler probably was due to an already existing cultural  ...
Jay Y. Gonen, 2013
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The Scar That Binds: American Culture and the Vietnam War
The cause of the wound involves a curious anatomy whereby castration and impotence result from a stab in the back. Stab Wounds The "stab-in-the-back" legend holds that certain domestic groups were responsible for defeat of the U.S.  ...
Keith Beattie, 2000
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The Weimar Republic Sourcebook
Recently the tireless propagators of the stab-in-the-back legend have caused Franz Oppenheimer to reflect that proof that a sharpened dagger was drawn does not suffice to shift the blame, nor even is it proof of a stab aimed at the homeland; ...
Anton Kaes, Martin Jay, Edward Dimendberg, 1994
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Germany 1919-45
However the 'stab in the back' theory turned that reality on its head. In right- wing circles it became an extremely popular, if entirely inaccurate explanation for Germany's defeat. The theme had been promoted by leading army officers including ...
Martin Collier, Philip Pedley, 2000
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World War I: A Student Encyclopedia
Stab-in-the-Back. Legend. (Dolchstosslegende). When. the. collapse. came,. the. German. people. were. psychologically. unprepared. for. defeat. Seductive but misleading and mendacious myth advanced by German Generals Paul von ...
Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts, 2005
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Propaganda Legends: Stab-in-the-Back Legend, Jewish ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
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Hindenburg: Power, Myth, and the Rise of the Nazis
Hindenburg testified at a hearing of the Parliamentary Investigation Committee on the Causes of the Collapse at the Reichstag in Berlin on 18 November 1919. If one had to pinpoint the public breakthrough of the 'stab-in-the-back' idea, this ...
Anna von der Goltz, 2009
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Justice Imperiled: The Anti-Nazi Lawyer Max Hirschberg in ...
THE. ANTIWAR. VETERAN. AND. THE. MILITANT. MONK. The. Stab-in-the-Back. Trial. C. --OSSMANN WAS PAYING close attention to political developments in March 1924. Not only were Hitler and his fellow putschists on trial, but a national  ...
Douglas G. Morris, 2005
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The Causes of the German Collapse in 1918: Sections of the ...
A collection of letters from the front Index Volume 6 [xii + 466 pages] EXPERT OPINIONS OF VON KUHL, SCHWERTFEGER, DELBRUCK, KATZENSTEIN, HERZ, AND VOLKMANN ON THE STAB-IN-THE-BACK QUESTION Prefatory note ...
Germany. Nationalversammlung (1919-1920). Untersuchungsausschuss über die Weltkriegsverantwortlichkeit, Ralph Haswell Lutz, 1934
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Stab-In-the-Back Legend
The stab-in-the-back legend (German: Dolchstosslegende (help.info)) is the notion, widely believed in right-wing circles in Germany after 1918, that the German Army did not lose World War I but was instead betrayed by the civilians on the ...
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012

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