isolationist

[ahy-suh-ley-shuh-nist, is-uh-] Origin

i·so·la·tion·ist

[ahy-suh-ley-shuh-nist, is-uh-]
noun
1.
a person who favors or works for isolationism.
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of isolationists or isolationism: to be accused of isolationist sympathies.

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Isolationist has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; isolation + -ist

an·ti-i·so·la·tion·ist, noun, adjective
un·i·so·la·tion·ist, adjective
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isolationism (ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃəˌnɪzəm)
 
n
1.  a policy of nonparticipation in or withdrawal from international affairs
2.  an attitude favouring such a policy
 
iso'lationist
 
n, —adj

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isolationist
in ref. to U.S. foreign policy, attested from 1899 (earlier in reference to treatment of leprosy); isolationism is from 1922.
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