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isolationism
[ahy-suh-ley-shuh-niz-uhm, is-uh-]
noun
the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.
isolationism
/ ˌɪəˈɪʃəˌɪə /
noun
a policy of nonparticipation in or withdrawal from international affairs
an attitude favouring such a policy
isolationism
The doctrine that a nation should stay out of the disputes and affairs of other nations. The United States practiced a policy of isolationism until World War I and did not pursue an active international policy until after World War II. (See “entangling alliances with none.”)
Other Word Forms
- anti-isolationism noun
- ˌˈپDzԾ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of isolationism1
Example Sentences
German-American groups and the pacifist left both promote isolationism.
He was driving toward a sort of America First isolationism and shoring up the boundaries of the U.S., whether literal borders or conceptual boundaries of American identity.
This is damaging in many ways, first and foremost because citizens are deprived of opportunities to see the results of ideas played out and to examine the possible outcomes of authoritarianism, isolationism, nationalism or chauvinism.
Trump’s TV focus has shifted from hate and the politics of fear of migrants and criminals to good news about an economic future and country-without-migrants by turning the calendar back to isolationism.
As I have said many times, "America First" never meant isolationism to Donald Trump.
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