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ISOLATIONISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does isolationism mean?
• ISOLATIONISM (noun)
The noun ISOLATIONISM has 1 sense:
1. a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations
Familiarity information: ISOLATIONISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("isolationism" is a kind of...):
foreign policy (a policy governing international relations)
Derivation:
isolationist (an advocate of isolationism in international affairs)
isolationistic (of or relating to isolationism)
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