domino effect

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Sinonieme

chain reaction

Vertalings

Dominoeffekt

efeito dominó

effet domino

effetto a catena

effetto domino

domino-effect

φαινόμενο ντόμινο

efecto dominó

domino etkisi

domino kuramı

Etimologie (Engels)

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