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The situation in which one event sets off a chain of additional events.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The theory that, if South Vietnam became communist, it would be followed by Cambodia, Laos, and additional countries in Southeast Asia and beyond.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: domino theory
Antonyms: none provided
the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
An allusion to a row of dominoes in which the fall of one leads to a cascade of falling pieces.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تأثير الدومينو
— chain of events
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Armenian:
դոմինոյի սկզբունք
(dominoyi skzbunkʻ)
— chain of events
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Azerbaijani:
domino effekti
— chain of events
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Basque:
domino-efektu
— chain of events
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Bengali:
ডমিনো ইফেক্ট
(ḍominō iphekṭo)
— chain of events
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Catalan:
efecte dòmino
— chain of events
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Chinese Mandarin:
骨牌效應 /骨牌效应
(gǔpái xiàoyìng)
— chain of events
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Chinese Mandarin:
多米諾效應 /多米诺效应
(duōmǐnuò xiàoyìng)
— chain of events
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Chinese Mandarin:
多米諾骨牌效應 /多米诺骨牌效应
(duōmǐnuògǔpái xiàoyìng)
— chain of events
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Czech:
dominový efekt
— chain of events
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Czech:
domino efekt
— chain of events
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Danish:
dominoeffekt
— chain of events
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Dutch:
domino-effect
— chain of events
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Estonian:
doominoefekt
— chain of events
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Finnish:
dominoefekti
— chain of events
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French:
effet domino
— chain of events
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Galician:
efecto dominó
— chain of events
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Georgian:
დომინოს ეფექტი
(dominos epekṭi)
— chain of events
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Georgian:
დომინოს პრინციპი
(dominos ṗrinciṗi)
— chain of events
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German:
Dominoeffekt
— chain of events
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Greek:
φαινόμενο ντόμινο
(fainómeno ntómino)
— chain of events
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Hebrew:
אפקט הדומינו
— chain of events
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Hungarian:
dominóhatás
— chain of events
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Indonesian:
efek domino
— chain of events
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Italian:
effetto domino
— chain of events
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Japanese:
ドミノ効果
(domino kōka)
— chain of events
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Korean:
도미노 효과
(domino hyogwa)
— chain of events
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Malay:
kesan domino
— chain of events
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Norwegian:
dominoeffekt
— chain of events
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Polish:
efekt domina
— chain of events
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Portuguese:
efeito dominó
— chain of events
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Romanian:
efect domino
— chain of events
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Russian:
эффе́кт домино́
(effékt dominó)
— chain of events
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Russian:
принцип домино
(princip domino)
— chain of events
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Spanish:
efecto dominó
— chain of events
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Swedish:
dominoeffekt
— chain of events
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Turkish:
domino etkisi
— chain of events
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Ukrainian:
принцип доміно
(pryncyp domino)
— chain of events
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Uzbek:
domino effekti
— chain of events
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Vietnamese:
hiệu ứng domino
— chain of events
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Finnish:
dominoteoria
— theory of encroaching communism
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Georgian:
დომინოს თეორია
(dominos teoria)
— theory of encroaching communism
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German:
Dominoeffekt
— theory of encroaching communism
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Greek:
φαινόμενο ντόμινο
(fainómeno ntómino)
— theory of encroaching communism
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Polish:
efekt domina
— theory of encroaching communism
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Spanish:
teoría del dominó
— theory of encroaching communism
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Turkish:
domino kuramı
— theory of encroaching communism
