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isolationism

[ ahy-suh-ley-shuh-niz-uhm, is-uh- ]

noun

  1. 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

/ ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃəˌnɪzəm /

noun

  1. a policy of nonparticipation in or withdrawal from international affairs
  2. an attitude favouring such a policy


isolationism

  1. 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 .”)


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Derived Forms

  • ˌisoˈlationist, nounadjective

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Other Words From

  • anti-iso·lation·ism noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of isolationism1

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; isolation + -ism

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Example Sentences

The poem Is much more than just that, it warns against the danger of thinking isolationism will keep you safe.

The most crucial lesson we see is the need to counteract nuclear nationalism and isolationism.

Yet American minimalism, isolationism, realism, mind-our-own-business-ism—whatever you want to call it—is cyclical.

So how does he end up with the leader of American isolationism?

Cheney tacitly bashed Paul last month, saying an “increasing strain of isolationism” is taking over their party.

Thankfully, not all governments indulged this brand of human rights isolationism when Mandela was jailed on Robben Island.

The Palestine Partition plan failed because it took ethnic isolationism as a value and subordinated justice to it.

After all, there was precedent for such isolationism—did the sainted Betty Crocker ever enlist in any crusades?

Again, our propagandists have to understand isolationism, an historic American tradition in one sense, a falsehood in another.

This is a fact: Strength in the pursuit of peace is no vice; isolationism in the pursuit of security is no virtue.

Isolationism would not only tie our hands in fighting enemies, it would keep us from helping our friends in desperate need.

To which extent do they reflect pragmatic reintegration in the global economy or safe isolationism?

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