isolationist
Americannoun
adjective
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Isolationist thinking: This served as an aggravating factor for Stack.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2010
Missing was their best strategist, Montana's Burton K. Wheeler, who was out beating the bushes for some additional Isolationist recruits.
From Time Magazine Archive
Peppery Isolationist Charles Clayton Morison, editor of Christian Century, means to carry on, too.
From Time Magazine Archive
But even as Clayton arrived in Washington, Minnesota's irreconcilable Isolationist Harold Knutson warned: Congress will promptly raise any tariff the State Department lowers if it damages "a vital industry."
From Time Magazine Archive
Cried Fellow Isolationist George Malone of Nevada: "We should withdraw General Eisenhower from his military headquarters in Europe."
From Time Magazine Archive
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