noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: geopolitics, government, politics
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
фінляндызацыя
(finljandyzacyja)
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Chinese Mandarin:
芬蘭化 /芬兰化
(Fēnlánhuà)
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Danish:
finlandisering
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Dutch:
finlandisering
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Estonian:
soometumine
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Finnish:
suomettuminen
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
French:
finlandisation
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Georgian:
ფინლანდიზაცია
(pinlandizacia)
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
German:
Finnlandisierung
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Greek:
φινλανδοποίηση
(finlandopoíisi)
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Hebrew:
פינלנדיזציה
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Hungarian:
finlandizáció
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Italian:
finlandizzazione
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Japanese:
フィンランド化
(Finrando-ka)
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Korean:
핀란드 화
(Pillandeu hwa)
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Polish:
finlandyzacja
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Portuguese:
finlandização
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Romanian:
finlandizare
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Russian:
финляндиза́ция
(finljandizácija)
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Spanish:
finlandización
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
Swedish:
finlandisering
— the influence of a large state on a smaller one
