Finlandization en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Finland + -ization, translating German Finnlandisierung, referring to the political climate in Finland during the cold war in the view of a 1960s and 1970s West-German debate.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The process by which a smaller or less powerful sovereign state comes to abide by a more powerful neighbor's foreign policy rules, while retaining its independence.
Yet the model surfaced again this week, when President Emmanuel Macron of France was asked by a reporter during his shuttle diplomacy in Moscow whether Finlandization was a possibility for Ukraine. He replied, “Yes, it is one of the options on the table.”
2022 February 9, Jason Horowitz, “Finns Don’t Wish ‘Finlandization’ on Ukraine (or Anyone)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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Translations (21)
be фінляндызацыя (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · es finlandización (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · nl finlandisering (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · ka ფინლანდიზაცია (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · ja フィンランド化 (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · ro finlandizare (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · pt finlandização (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · ko 핀란드 화 (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · it finlandizzazione (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · cmn 芬蘭化 /芬兰化 (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · et soometumine (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · sv finlandisering (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · fi suomettuminen (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · hu finlandizáció (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · fr finlandisation (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · da finlandisering (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · ru финляндиза́ция (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · de Finnlandisierung (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · pl finlandyzacja (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · he פינלנדיזציה (the influence of a large state on a smaller one) · el φινλανδοποίηση (the influence of a large state on a smaller one)