About The Word Open door
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Open door
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What's The Definition Of Open door?
[n] freedom of access; "he maintained an open door for all employees"
[n] the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries Synonyms | Synonyms for Open door: open-door policy Related Terms | Find terms related to Open door: access | amiability | appeasement | balance of power | bonhomie | brinkmanship | coexistence | colonialism | compromise | containment | cordiality | detente | deterrence | diplomacy | diplomatic | diplomatics | dollar diplomacy | dollar imperialism | Eisenhower Doctrine | entrance | entree | entry | expansionism | foreign affairs | foreign policy | friendliness | generosity | geniality | good-neighbor policy | graciousness | heartiness | hospitableness | hospitality | imperialism | in | internationalism | isolationism | liberality | manifest destiny | militarism | Monroe Doctrine | nationalism | neighborliness | neocolonialism | neutralism | Nixon Doctrine | nonresistance | open arms | open-door policy | openheartedness | opening | peace offensive | peaceful coexistence | preparedness | receptiveness | shirt-sleeve diplomacy | shuttle diplomacy | spheres of influence | the big stick | tough policy | Truman Doctrine | warmheartedness | warmness | warmth | world politics See Also | door | national trading policy | trade policy Open door In Webster's Dictionary \O"pen door\
(a) Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome;
free opportunity.
She of the open soul and open door, With room
about her hearth for all mankind. --Lowell.
(b) In modern diplomacy, opportunity for political and
commercial intercourse open to all upon equal terms,
esp. with reference to a nation whose policy is wholly
or partially fixed by nations foreign to itself, or to
territory newly acquired by a conquering nation. In
this sense, often used adjectively, as, open-door
system, open-door policy, etc.
The steps taken by Britain to maintain the open
door have so far proved to be perfectly futile.
--A. R.
Colquhoun.
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