ISOLATIONIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does isolationist mean? 

• ISOLATIONIST (noun)
  The noun ISOLATIONIST has 1 sense:

1. an advocate of isolationism in international affairs

  Familiarity information: ISOLATIONIST used as a noun is very rare.

• ISOLATIONIST (adjective)
  The adjective ISOLATIONIST has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to isolationism

  Familiarity information: ISOLATIONIST used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOLATIONIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An advocate of isolationism in international affairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("isolationist" is a kind of...):

advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

Derivation:

isolationism (a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations)

isolationist (of or relating to isolationism)

• ISOLATIONIST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to isolationism

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

isolationist; isolationistic

Pertainym:

isolationism (a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations)

Derivation:

isolationist (an advocate of isolationism in international affairs)