landslide victory

English

Noun

landslide victory (plural landslide victories)

1. (politics) A victory by a wide margin in an election.

   Synonym: landslide

   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
• Georgian: დამაჯერებელი გამარჯვება (damaǯerebeli gamarǯveba), დიდი უპირატესობით გამარჯვება (didi uṗiraṭesobit gamarǯveba)
• German: Erdrutschsieg (de) m, überwältigender Sieg m
• Irish: ollbhua m
• Polish: walne zwycięstwo n
• Portuguese: vitória de lavada f
• Russian: убеди́тельная побе́да f (ubedítelʹnaja pobéda)
• Spanish: victoria por goleada f, ganar por goleada
• Swedish: jordskredsseger (sv) c

References

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