domino effect

English

Domino effect

Etymology

An allusion to a row of dominoes in which the fall of one leads to a cascade of falling pieces.

Noun

domino effect (plural domino effects)

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

Synonyms

• (theory of encroaching communism): domino theory

Translations

chain of events

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多米諾效應／多米诺效应, 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 (fr) m
• German: Dominoeffekt (de) m
• Greek: φαινόμενο ντόμινο n (fainómeno ntómino) (fainómeno ntómino)
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• Italian: effetto domino m
• Japanese: ドミノ効果 (ドミノこうか, domino-kōka)
• Portuguese: efeito dominó (pt) m
• Romanian: efect domino n
• Russian: эффе́кт домино́ (ru) m (effékt dominó)
• Spanish: efecto dominó m
• Swedish: dominoeffekt (sv) c
• Turkish: domino etkisi (tr)

theory of encroaching communism

• Finnish: dominoteoria
• German: Dominoeffekt (de) m
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• Greek: φαινόμενο ντόμινο n (fainómeno ntómino) (fainómeno ntómino)
• Turkish: domino kuramı

See also

• butterfly effect
• demonstration effect
• ripple effect
• slippery slope
• snowball effect

Further reading

• Domino effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Domino theory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia