ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Interventionism

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Interventionism is a noun meaning (politics) The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state's affairs.

Meaning

(politics) The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state's affairs.

More Meanings

  1. (medicine) The medical practice of trying to prolong someone's life.
  2. (psychology) The idea that a person develops cognition through explicit instruction by others, and not merely by being nurtured and allowed to develop individually.

Word Forms

Antonyms for interventionism

Common opposites include noninterventionism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dirigisme, intervention, intrusiveness, interference, interventionalist, noninterventionalism.

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