Associations to the word «Annexation»

Wiktionary

ANNEXATION, noun. Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
ANNEXATION, noun. (legal) A legal merging of a territory into another body.

Dictionary definition

ANNEXATION, noun. Incorporation by joining or uniting.
ANNEXATION, noun. The formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation".

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche