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domino_effect

domino effect

English

Domino effect

Noun

domino effect

The situation in which one event sets off a chain of additional events.
(politics, historical) The theory that, if South Vietnam fell to Communism, it would be followed by Cambodia, Laos, and additional South Asian countries.

Synonyms

(theory of encroaching communism): domino theory

Translations

chain of events

Chinese:
Mandarin: 多米諾效應, 多米诺效应 ‎(duōmǐnuò xiàoyìng)
Czech: dominový efekt (cs) m, domino efekt (cs) m
Danish: dominoeffekt c
Finnish: dominoefekti (fi)
French: effet domino m
German: Dominoeffekt (de) m
Greek: φαινόμενο ντόμινο n ‎(fainómeno dómino) (fainómeno ntómino)

Italian: effetto domino m
Japanese: ドミノ効果 ‎(domino-kōka)
Portuguese: efeito dominó (pt) m
Romanian: efect domino n
Russian: эффе́кт домино́ (ru) m ‎(effékt dominó)
Spanish: efecto dominó m
Swedish: dominoeffekt c
Turkish: domino etkisi (tr)

theory of encroaching communism

Finnish: dominoteoria
German: Dominoeffekt (de) m

Greek: φαινόμενο ντόμινο n ‎(fainómeno dómino) (fainómeno ntómino)
Turkish: domino kuramı

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