Finlandize

American  

[fin-luhn-dahyz] / ˈfɪn lənˌdaɪz /

especially British, Finlandise

verb (used with object)

Finlandized, Finlandizing

1. to subject to Finlandization.

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Etymology

Origin of Finlandize

First recorded in 1970–75; back formation from Finlandization

Example Sentences

Chinese President Xi Jinping, convinced that the United States is much diminished, seems impatient not merely to “Finlandize” Taiwan — to make it compliant, as the Soviet Union attempted to make Finland — but to subject the “renegade province” to Beijing’s intensifying totalitarianism.

From Washington Post