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interventionism

[ in-ter-ven-shuh-niz-uhm ]

noun

  1. the policy or doctrine of intervening, especially government interference in the affairs of another state or in domestic economic affairs.


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Other Words From

  • inter·vention·ist noun adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of interventionism1

First recorded in 1920–25; intervention + -ism
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Example Sentences

Internationalism and military interventionism too often attend one another.

From Time

As historian Bruce Riedel suggests, this mission set out a pattern for interventionism that the United States would repeat again and again in the decades to come.

Among Republicans, this disappointment has translated into what looks like a renewed fondness for interventionism.

In recent Republican congressional primaries, the rank-and-file has voted “no” to reflexive interventionism.

They are upset about the interventionism and they fall along the lines of Ron Paul or Rand Paul.

At the New Republic, John Judis argues that the left has forgotten its history of interventionism in the name of justice.

Interventionism is inherently more about whole religious people.

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