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interventionist

British  
/ ˌɪntəˈvɛnʃənɪst /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or advocating intervention, esp in the affairs of a foreign country

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an interventionist person or state

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Allizandra Herberhold, a nihilistic violent extremism consultant and exit interventionist who works with the nonprofit Parents for Peace, told me extreme content is used as a form of currency in these communities.

From Slate May 12, 2026

Chief executive Todd Greenberg has suggested a more interventionist approach might be needed, with shorter Tests "bad for business".

From Barron's Dec. 29, 2025

Rupert Murdoch's 70-year career saw him as "both an interventionist editor-in-chief figure and a political kingmaker", according to Paddy Manning, an investigative journalist who wrote The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch.

From BBC Dec. 23, 2025

Though not without pushback from editors at home, who were more sympathetic to the quasi-isolationist, less interventionist views of their readership.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

Taking the interventionist by the arm, he drew him rapidly out of doors.

From Tartarin of Tarascon by Alphonse Daudet

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