isolationist
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7.5
- noun
- /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃənɪst/
- Literature
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aislacionista
- As an isolationist, she believes that her country should avoid entanglements in other nations' conflicts.
I am not a British isolationist, but I do want a better deal for Britain.
- I am not a British isolationist, but I do want a better deal for Britain.
Examples
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I want trade, I don't want to be an isolationist, but what's happening with China, what's happening with Japan, what's happening with Mexico, is just absolutely eating our lunch, it's a shame, it's terrible.
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Only the most stalwart isolationists argue that engagement with China is wrong.
Academic text (1999) -
I am not a British isolationist, but I do want a better deal for Britain.
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You tell me if that sounds like an "isolationist" to you.
Blog text (24) -
After all, Senator Fosdick was an isolationist.
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She's an isolationist.
Fiction book (1999) -
Will, the war in Iraq is not an issue of Democrat vs. Republican, Liberal vs. Conservative, Isolationist vs. Imperialist.
Blog text (25) -
Brundage was an American, a Republican, and an isolationist who was wont to complain that he hadn't had anyone to vote for since Coolidge and Hoover.
Academic text (1994) -
The senator's isolationist beliefs led him to oppose foreign interventions.
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Many isolationists argue that focusing on domestic issues is more important than international relations.
Synonyms
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8.4
A person who does not want to get involved in other countries' problems
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7.8
A person who wants their country to stay out of other countries' wars
Antonyms
How Isolationist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Isolationist comes from isolate, which in turn comes from a word for island ('island'), and the ending -ist means 'person who'. So an isolationist is like someone who wants their country to be an island—staying apart and not taking part in other countries' affairs.