DOMINO THEORY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The political theory that if one nation comes under communist control then neighboring nations will also come under communist control

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("domino theory" is a kind of...):

ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)

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