Finlandization

[fin-luhn-duh-zey-shuhn]

Fin·land·i·za·tion

[fin-luhn-duh-zey-shuhn]
noun
1.
the neutralization of a country in terms of its allegiance to the superpowers, in the way that the Soviet Union rendered Finland neutral and friendly without making it a satellite state or requiring that it adopt Communism.
2.
such a neutral status pursued as a deliberate act of policy by a lesser power.

Origin:
1965–70; Finland + -ization
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Finlandization has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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Finlandization or Finlandisation (ˌfɪnləndaɪˈzeɪʃən)
 
n
neutralization of a small country by a superpower, using conciliation, as the former Soviet Union did in relation to Finland
 
Finlandisation or Finlandisation
 
n

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