isolationist

American  

[ahy-suh-ley-shuh-nist, is-uh-] / ˌaɪ səˈleɪ ʃə nɪst, ˌɪs ə- /

noun

1. a person who favors or works for isolationism.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of isolationists or isolationism.

   to be accused of isolationist sympathies.

Other Word Forms

• anti-isolationist noun
• unisolationist adjective

Etymology

Origin of isolationist

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; isolation + -ist

Example Sentences

The document is “far less isolationist than one could have expected—and far more positive about US partners and allies,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s often said that Hoxha turned Albania into a Balkan North Korea, but he was, in truth, more isolationist even than the North Korean Kims.

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It wasn’t surprising to see complaints about the agreement from labor groups and other economic isolationists.

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And even most isolationists applaud strong American action in the Western Hemisphere.

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Deftly unraveling the tangled politics of the moment, Mr. Wallace vividly shows La Guardia juggling factions of fusionist Republicans, communists, interventionists, isolationists, Tammany pols and a rat’s nest of the city’s fierce ethnic rivalries.

From The Wall Street Journal

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