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isolationism

[ ahy-suh-ley-shuh-niz-uhm, is-uh- ]

noun

  1. the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.


isolationism

/ ˌɪəˈɪʃəˌɪə /

noun

  1. a policy of nonparticipation in or withdrawal from international affairs
  2. an attitude favouring such a policy
“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

isolationism

  1. The doctrine that a nation should stay out of the disputes and affairs of other nations. The United States practiced a policy of isolationism until World War I and did not pursue an active international policy until after World War II . ( See entangling alliances with none .”)
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of isolationism1

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; isolation + -ism
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As I have said many times, "America First" never meant isolationism to Donald Trump.

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Steves's imperative to help Americans get over their ethnocentrism feels especially urgent in our current era of increasingly alarming isolationism.

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The increasing strain of U.S. isolationism has led many to consider the pending denouement of another empire, this one American.

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“Placing our core national interests above all else is not isolationism,” Rubio said.

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People misinterpreted it as a sort of pacifist isolationism.

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