Stockholm

//ˈstɒkhɒlm// name, verb

name, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To suffer from Stockholm syndrome; to form an emotional bond or identification with one's captor or oppressor, also, to form such a bond with one's victim.

    "A negotiator must never Stockholm with hostages."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.
  2. 2
    The Swedish government. metonymically
  3. 3
    A county of Sweden.
  4. 4
    A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:; A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. 5
    A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:; A number of places in the United States:; A township in Crawford County, Iowa.
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  1. 6
    A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
  2. 7
    A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:; A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wright County, Minnesota.
  3. 8
    A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
  4. 9
    A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
  5. 10
    A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Grant County, South Dakota.
  6. 11
    A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:; A number of places in the United States:; A town and village therein, in Pepin County, Wisconsin.

Synonyms

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capital of sweden

Example

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"It is astonishing to witness that the Iranians, onto whom the Arabs imposed Islam through military defeat, have become its most zealous followers to the point of oppressing those of Zoroastrianism, though it is the religion of their own fathers. A kind of Stockholm syndrome on the national scale."

Etymology

From Swedish Stockholm, compound of stock (“log”) + holme (“islet”), possibly referring to logs put outside of the Stockholm shores to prevent ships from invading.

Related phrases

Stockholm effectStockholm syndromeStockholm tar

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