Pyrrhic victory

pyrrhic victory English 2007 July 5 2008 July 5 thumb|180px|Chancellorsville was arguably a Pyrrhic victory for the Confederates, since they lost a valuable general: Stonewall Jackson. thumb|180px|In a full-fledged nuclear war, the best either side would get is a Pyrrhic victory. Alternative forms en pyrrhic victory Etymology After Greek king Pyrrhus of Epirus, who suffered heavy losses while defeating the Romans. Pronunciation en /ˌpɪɹ.ɪk ˈvɪk.t(ə)ɹ.i/ en en-us-Pyrrhic victory.ogg US Noun A very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost. en hollow victory proscribed en w:The New York Review We now know that it the Six-Day War was a Pyrrhic victory. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2002/dec/19/israelis-palestinians-what-went-wrong/?pagination=false Amos Elon Israelis & Palestinians: What Went Wrong? November 21, 2002 https://web.archive.org/web/20121026103143/http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2002/dec/19/israelis-palestinians-what-went-wrong/?pagination=false 26 October 2012 en Pensions regulation 'killing final-salary schemes' Phillip Inman Tough pensions regulation designed to protect employees in final-salary occupational schemes will prove a pyrrhic victory for unions and the government, a report warned yesterday. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2005/oct/06/politics.money w:The Guardian October 6, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20160315213633/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/oct/06/politics.money Translations a costly victory Armenian: hy պյուռոսյան հաղթանակ Azerbaijani: az Pirr qələbəsi Bulgarian: bg Пи́рова побе́да f Catalan: ca victòria pírrica Chinese: Cantonese: yue 慘勝 Mandarin: cmn 皮洛士式勝利 Píluòshì shì shènglì, cmn 慘勝 Czech: cs Pyrrhovo vítězství n Danish: da pyrrhussejr c Dutch: nl pyrrusoverwinning f Esperanto: eo Pirha venko Finnish: fi Pyrrhoksen voitto French: fr victoire à la Pyrrhus f German: de Pyrrhussieg m Greek: el Πύρρειος νίκη f Hungarian: hu pirruszi győzelem Indonesian: id kemenangan piris, id kemenangan Piris Italian: it vittoria di Pirro f Japanese: ja ピュロスの勝利 Pyurosu no shōri Korean: ko ^피로스의 승리 Latin: la victoria Pyrrhica f Macedonian: mk Пирова победа f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb pyrrhosseier m Nynorsk: nn pyrrhossiger m Polish: pl pyrrusowe zwycięstwo n Portuguese: pt vitória de Pirro f, pt vitória pírrica f, pt vitória pirrónica f rare Portugal, pt vitória pirrônica f rare Brazil Romanian: ro victorie à la Pirus f Russian: ru Пи́ррова побе́да f Slovak: sk Pyrrhovo víťazstvo n Spanish: es victoria pírrica f Swedish: sv pyrrhusseger c Turkish: tr Pirus zaferi See also en Cadmean victory en monkey's paw en War en eponyms