PYRRHIC VICTORY


Meaning of PYRRHIC VICTORY in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized P

Etymology: pyrrhic (V)

: a victory won at excessive cost

would be a Pyrrhic victory sentencing the human race to ignorance, stagnation, and decadence — K.B.Clark

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