pretext for war
C13072
concept
A pretext for war is a fabricated or exaggerated justification used by a state to legitimize initiating military conflict, often masking underlying political, economic, or strategic motives.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| cause of war | 3 |
| pretext for war canonical | 2 |
| prelude to World War II | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: pretext for war
Generated description
A pretext for war is a fabricated or exaggerated justification used by a state to legitimize initiating military conflict, often masking underlying political, economic, or strategic motives.
Instances (6)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Thornton Affair | cause of war |
| September 18 Incident | — |
| Ems Dispatch | cause of war |
| Roman Senate decree of 32 BCE | cause of war |
| Sudeten Crisis | prelude to World War II |
| Mukden Incident | — |