isolationist
Americannoun
adjective
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And yet, as a self-described isolationist, said résumé might not exist if he were left to his own devices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Countries have become more isolationist manufacturing-wise, so they need to generate more electricity locally.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
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 ● Dec. 8, 2025
The United States, traditionally isolationist and safely sheltered by two vast oceans, had emerged from World War Two as the leader of the free world.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
Well, there were a few men who did not feel content with that comfortable isolationist climate.
From The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot
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