satellite state
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]satellite state (plural satellite states)
- A country that is formally independent, but under heavy influence or control from another country.
- Coordinate terms: client state, vassal state
- 2021 [1956], Elis Biörklund, International Atomic Policy During a Decade […] , Routledge, →ISBN, page 84:
- From this may be gathered, as is often confirmed by the press in the satellite states, that the Soviet Union has become more interested in the military protection of the industries of the satellite states.
Translations
[edit]country that is only formally independent
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Further reading
[edit]- satellite state on Wikipedia.Wikipedia