isolationist
Americannoun
adjective
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Once the war was on, the isolationist movement was largely dead and buried — and stayed that way for almost 75 years.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
“We can’t be completely isolationist but sometimes you have to stay within your own home.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
Countries have become more isolationist manufacturing-wise, so they need to generate more electricity locally.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
Sometimes he is called an isolationist, sometimes an interventionist.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
"That's the most alienating, arrogant isolationist attitude I've ever heard," Paul Trump said.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
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