interventionist
Britishadjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- interventionism noun
Example Sentences
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In response, interventionist hawks hit back with parody songs like “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Coward,” according to James Sullivan’s book “Which Side Are You On?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
Sometimes he is called an isolationist, sometimes an interventionist.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
Greenberg suggested a more interventionist approach might be needed.
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
Salazar, a Corona resident and daughter of immigrants, said she’d heard of a raid on the 91 Freeway, which she takes to go home from her job as a behavioral interventionist.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025
Taking the interventionist by the arm, he drew him rapidly out of doors.
From Tartarin of Tarascon by Daudet, Alphonse
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