English Explanatory Dictionary

Finlandize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To control a smaller or weaker nation's foreign policy through intimidation, while that nation remains nominally independent.

Word forms

Finlandize Finlandizes Finlandizing Finlandized

Etymology

From Finland + -ize.

Related words

Finlandization
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