collaborationism
/kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃəˌnɪzəm/
noun
- The political ideology or policy of cooperating with an enemy occupying one's country, especially during wartime.
- The historian's book examines the rise of collaborationism in occupied Europe during World War II.
- Some scholars argue that collaborationism was driven more by survival than by political belief.
- Collaborationism was widely condemned after the war, and many collaborators were put on trial.
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