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interventionist

British  
/ ˌɪntəˈvɛnʃənɪst /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or advocating intervention, esp in the affairs of a foreign country

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noun

  1. an interventionist person or state

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Other Word Forms

  • interventionism noun

Example Sentences

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And they just ignored everything that he actually did during his first term, and so some of us were not particularly surprised actually when it turned out that he was much more interventionist than they thought he would be.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tomé justified this request by accusing her of making “interventionist statements” directed at the government.

From Los Angeles Times

Sometimes he is called an isolationist, sometimes an interventionist.

From BBC

His actions Wednesday match previous interventionist moves he has made, such as directing the federal government to buy nearly 10% of chipmaker Intel and invest in rare metals companies like MP Materials, Lithium Trilogy Metals.

From Barron's

Tina Padilla, a longtime gang interventionist, has her own theories.

From Los Angeles Times