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Word: Zugzwang
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from German Zug ‘move’ + Zwang ‘compulsion’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈzuːɡzwaŋ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈzʌɡzwaŋ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtsʊktsvɑːŋ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a situation in which the obligation to make a move in one's turn is a serious, often decisive, disadvantage
Short Definition:situation in which obligation to make move in one's turn is serious disadvantage
Examples:- black is in zugzwang
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