Finlandization

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

Finlandization (uncountable)

  1. The influence of a larger, more powerful sovereign state on the policies of a smaller, neighboring sovereign state.

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