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The art of letting a problem exist, just not here.
means The act of keeping something harmful — a fire, a virus, a crisis — boxed in so it can't spread further.
from From Latin continere, 'to hold together,' built from com- ('together') and tenere ('to hold'). The same root that gives us 'contain,' 'content,' and 'tenant' — all about holding something within bounds. The Cold War gave 'containment' its political edge, as a strategy for walling off an ideology rather than defeating it outright — a sense that still lingers in how the word feels less like victory and more like managed stalemate.
- origin
- Cold War strategy to stop communism spreading, not destroy it
- nuclear version
- concrete dome, not a solution, just a very patient lid
- psychology
- feeling the emotion without letting it drive
- irony
- often the first step before total collapse, not the last