landslide victory

English

Noun

landslide victory (plural landslide victories)

1. (politics) an overwhelming victory in an election

   Nixon capitalized on this changing tide of voting behaviour, and hence won a landslide victory in the 1972 election.

Translations

overwhelming victory in an election

• Finnish: maanvyörymävoitto
• French: victoire écrasante f
• German: Erdrutschsieg m, überwältigender Sieg m
• Irish: ollbhua m
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• Portuguese: vitória de lavada f
• Russian: убеди́тельная побе́да f (ubedítelʹnaja pobéda)
• Swedish: jordskredsseger c

References

• Hook, Glen D. (1992) The Internationalization of Japan, Japan: Routledge, →ISBN