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ISOLATIONIST

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 I. (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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to isolationism

Synonyms:

isolationist; isolationistic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

isolationist (an advocate of isolationism in international affairs)

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