interventionism

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state's affairs.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The medical practice of trying to prolong someone's life.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The idea that a person develops cognition through explicit instruction by others, and not merely by being nurtured and allowed to develop individually.

Opposite of
noninterventionism
Translations

Interventionismus

سياسة التدخل

interventionisme

intervencionisme

επέμβαση

επεμβατισμός

Etymology

From French interventionnisme. By surface analysis, intervention + -ism.

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