interventionism
noun
in·ter·ven·tion·ism
ˌin-tər-ˈven(t)-shə-ˌni-zəm 
: the theory or practice of intervening
specifically
: governmental interference in economic affairs at home or in political affairs of another country
Examples of interventionism in a Sentence
a proponent of aggressive economic interventionism
Recent Examples on the Web
Not everything can or should be done in Washington, whose economic interventionism and cradle-to-grave custodial attitudes toward able-bodied citizens have created the debt crisis.
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Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Putin blamed the Hamas terror attacks on U.S. interventionism, claiming the U.S. military regulated and managed tensions between the two territories without concern for the long-term wishes of Palestinians.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
The regions that have performed most strongly economically since 1978, including Guangdong and Zhejiang, have been the most market-oriented and have experienced the least state interventionism.
—Yasheng Huang, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2023
A lot of the violence has been perpetrated in part by U.S. military interventionism, and one of the more obscure topics is the School of the Americas, which started the whole neoliberalism movement.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Aug. 2023
In the United States, progressive Democrats, including Senators Frank Church of Idaho and Vance Hartke of Indiana, worried about unchecked executive power and consequently opposed excessive military spending and interventionism.
—Peter Trubowitz, Foreign Affairs, 3 May 2023
With or without new liberal friends, Kagan attacked Trump before and since his presidency not as a symptom of endless war and national decline, but as an obstruction to reinstating interventionism.
—Samuel Moyn, The New Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
Beyond their right-wing leanings, all share in common a deep skepticism about U.S. interventionism, borne of years of fighting in the post-9/11 war on terrorism and the belief that their sacrifices only gave rise to more instability and repression wherever the United States put boots on the ground.
—Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2022
In the Northern Triangle, U.S. interventionism stifled democratic political development that troubles these countries to this day.
—Tracy Wilkinson Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2021
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Putin blamed the Hamas terror attacks on U.S. interventionism, claiming the U.S. military regulated and managed tensions between the two territories without concern for the long-term wishes of Palestinians.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
The regions that have performed most strongly economically since 1978, including Guangdong and Zhejiang, have been the most market-oriented and have experienced the least state interventionism.
—Yasheng Huang, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2023
A lot of the violence has been perpetrated in part by U.S. military interventionism, and one of the more obscure topics is the School of the Americas, which started the whole neoliberalism movement.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Aug. 2023
In the United States, progressive Democrats, including Senators Frank Church of Idaho and Vance Hartke of Indiana, worried about unchecked executive power and consequently opposed excessive military spending and interventionism.
—Peter Trubowitz, Foreign Affairs, 3 May 2023
With or without new liberal friends, Kagan attacked Trump before and since his presidency not as a symptom of endless war and national decline, but as an obstruction to reinstating interventionism.
—Samuel Moyn, The New Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
Beyond their right-wing leanings, all share in common a deep skepticism about U.S. interventionism, borne of years of fighting in the post-9/11 war on terrorism and the belief that their sacrifices only gave rise to more instability and repression wherever the United States put boots on the ground.
—Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2022
In the Northern Triangle, U.S. interventionism stifled democratic political development that troubles these countries to this day.
—Tracy Wilkinson Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2021
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“Interventionism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interventionism. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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