Meaning & use
Vassalization
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The process of making a person, state, or people subordinate and dependent on another, more powerful authority, as a vassal once was to a feudal lord.
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Historians describe the region's vassalization as a turning point that ended centuries of independence.
Critics warned that the trade deal risked the economic vassalization of smaller nations.
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"Vassalization" extends the feudal term "vassal" into modern political and economic writing, describing any relationship where one party becomes heavily dependent on and controlled by another.
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