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Finlandization

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

German Finnlandisierung

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German · calque ofFinnlandisierung
English todayFinlandization

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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.