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Fin⋅land⋅ize

  [fin-luhn-dahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to subject to Finlandization.
Also, especially British, Fin⋅land⋅ise.

Origin:
1970–75; back formation from Finlandization
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Fin·land·i·za·tion   (fĭn'lən-də-zā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The former policy of neutrality by non-Communist countries under the influence of the Soviet Union.

  2. The adoption of such a policy.

Fin'land·ize' v.
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