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Finlandizing

Finlandizing is the present participle and gerund 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 Finlandizing

What is Finlandizing the present participle and gerund of?
Finlandizing is the present participle and gerund of Finlandize.

Words near Finlandizing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Finlandizing (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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