English
Etymology
First used by President w:George_W._Bush|George W. Bush in the State of the Union Address in 2002 1. Possibly from a historical analogy to the w:German-Italian-Japanese Axis. Extended to astrophysics by João Magueijo in 2005.
Noun
axis of evil
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- A group of states sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction, originally defined as including Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.
- astrophysics A preferential axis which may have shaped the development of the universe, sometimes abbreviated AOE.
Translations
trans-top|countries disliked by American neoconservatives
Chinese: ��轴� (xiewu-zhouxin)
Croatian: t-|hr|osovina zla|f
Dutch: as van het kwaad
French: axe du mal
German: Achse des Bösen
Greek: άξονα� �ο� κακο�
Italian: t-|it|asse della malvagitÃ
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Japanese: ���軸 (������� aku no sūjiku)
Korean: t-|ko|�� 주�|sc=Hang
Latin: axis mali
Latvian: ļaunuma ass
Polish: o� z�a
Russian: о�� зла (os' zla)
Spanish: t-|es|eje del mal
Swedish: ondskans axelmakter
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