English Explanatory Dictionary

domino effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The situation in which one event sets off a chain of additional events.
  2. The theory that, if South Vietnam became communist, it would be followed by Cambodia, Laos, additional Southeast Asian countries, other Asian countries, and likely even elsewhere.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-domino effect.wav

Word forms

domino effect domino effects

Etymology

An allusion to a row of dominoes in which the fall of one leads to a cascade of falling pieces.

Synonyms

domino theory

Related words

butterfly effect demonstration effect ripple effect slippery slope snowball effect

Translations

Arabic: تأثير الدومينو Armenian: դոմինոյի սկզբունք Azerbaijani: domino effekti Basque: domino-efektu Bengali: ডমিনো ইফেক্ট Catalan: efecte dòmino Chinese Mandarin: 骨牌效應 /骨牌效应 Chinese Mandarin: 多米諾效應 /多米诺效应 Chinese Mandarin: 多米諾骨牌效應 /多米诺骨牌效应 Czech: dominový efekt Czech: domino efekt Danish: dominoeffekt Dutch: domino-effect Estonian: doominoefekt Finnish: dominoefekti French: effet domino Galician: efecto dominó Georgian: დომინოს ეფექტი Georgian: დომინოს პრინციპი German: Dominoeffekt Greek: φαινόμενο ντόμινο Hebrew: אפקט הדומינו Hungarian: dominóhatás Indonesian: efek domino Italian: effetto domino Japanese: ドミノ効果 Korean: 도미노 효과 Malay: kesan domino Norwegian: dominoeffekt Polish: efekt domina Portuguese: efeito dominó Romanian: efect domino Russian: эффе́кт домино́ Russian: принцип домино Spanish: efecto dominó Swedish: dominoeffekt Turkish: domino etkisi Ukrainian: принцип доміно Uzbek: domino effekti Vietnamese: hiệu ứng domino
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