ANNEXATION
Annexation
Annexation is the permanent acquisition and incorporation of some territorial entity into another geo-political entity . Usually, it is implied that the territory and population being annexed is the smaller, more peripheral, and weaker of the two merging entities, barring physical size. It can also imply a certain measure of coercion, expansionism or unilateralism on the part of the stronger of the merging entities. Because of this, more positive euphemisms like political union/unification or reunification are sometimes seen in discourse. Annexation differs from cession and amalgamation, because unlike cession where territory is given or sold ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Annexation
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annexation
Noun
- Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
- A legal merging of a territory into another body.
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