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Finlandized

Finlandized is the simple past and past participle of Finlandize.

Meaning of Finlandize

Verb

Finlandize (third-person singular simple present Finlandizes, present participle Finlandizing, simple past and past participle Finlandized)

  1. (transitive) To control a smaller or weaker nation's foreign policy through intimidation, while that nation remains nominally independent.
    • Do you think that Russia with Eastern Europe would not have tried to not only neutralize, but Finlandize Germany?1971, The Cold War: Origins and Developments Hearings Before the Subcomittee on Europe..., 92-1, June 7, 11, 14, and 18, 1971, United States Congress, page 143

Questions about Finlandized

What is Finlandized the simple past and past participle of?
Finlandized is the simple past and past participle of Finlandize.

Words near Finlandized in the dictionary

  1. Finlandic
  2. Finlandisation
  3. Finlandish
  4. Finlandization
  5. Finlandize
  6. Finlandized
  7. Finlandizes
  8. Finlandizing
  9. Finlands
  10. Finlay
  11. Finlay-Marks syndrome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Finlandized (page history and authors); Finlandize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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