chinafy

transitive verb

chi·​na·​fy

ˈchīnəˌfī

-ed/-ing/-es

often capitalized

: to reduce (as a country) to a state of passivity and helplessness

Word History

Etymology

China (country) + English -fy; from the political impotence of China in 1915, when it was coined

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