What is another word for National Security?

Pronunciation: [nˈaʃənə͡l sɪkjˈʊ͡əɹɪti] (IPA)

National security refers to the protection of a country's citizens, territory, and institutions from internal and external threats. Synonyms for national security include homeland security, state security, and national defense. Homeland security specifically refers to measures taken to protect the United States from terrorism, natural disasters, and other homeland threats. State security is a term often used in authoritarian countries to refer to the protection of the ruling government from internal and external threats. National defense is commonly associated with military defense and protecting a country's sovereignty. Other related terms include national resilience, which refers to a country's ability to withstand and recover from threats, and cybersecurity, which involves protecting a country's digital infrastructure.

What are the hypernyms for National security?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    Homeland Security, cybersecurity, international security, political defense, military defense, Global security, Strategic defense.

Famous quotes with National security

  • Dick Clarke, who was head of counter-terrorism in the National Security Council, pushed constantly for the Principals Committee, which is the key National Security group of top officials to take up the issue of terrorism.
    Sidney Blumenthal
  • I can remember when I was National Security Adviser, the intelligence community told us... they put out an intelligence report saying that Iran would never back off from attacks on shipping in the Gulf if we use force.
    Frank Carlucci
  • I was initially recruited while I was in business school back in the late sixties by the National Security Agency, the nation's largest and least understood spy organization; but ultimately I worked for private corporations.
    John Perkins
  • When the National Security Agency recruited me, they put me through a day of lie detector tests. They found out all my weaknesses and immediately seduced me. They used the strongest drugs in our culture, sex, power and money, to win me over.
    John Perkins
  • Preemption is the right of any nation in order to preserve its National Security; however, preemptive war is a tactic, not a strategy. When used as a strategy preemption dilutes diplomacy, creates an atmosphere of distrust, and promotes regional instability.
    Ellen Tauscher

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