Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The policy or practice of intervening, especially.
- noun The policy of intervening in the affairs of another sovereign state.
- noun The use of government power to control or influence domestic economic activity.
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- noun politics The political practice of
intervening in a sovereign state's affairs. - noun medicine The medical practice of trying to
prolong someone's life.
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Examples
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The problem with the new wave of government interventionism is going to be that governments are always bubble cheerleaders, not bubble-poppers.
Matthew Yglesias » The Endless Dream of Re-inflating the Bubble 2009
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If you agree that interventionism is not an option (that is how I interpret your post) then what can you propose?
Videos: Demonstrators Shot in Tehran Streets « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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The stupid public did not realize interventionism is correct.
Explaining Atheism 2007
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The stupid public does not realize non-interventionism is correct.
Explaining Atheism 2007
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And only non-interventionism is consistent with classical republicanism and small-goverment conservatism.
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I don’t know why you think American military interventionism is a positive thing for the world.
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I was originally going to do the foreign policy section as two arguments, with one of them being isolationism vs. interventionism, which is the traditional framework.
Q&A With Howard Fineman - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com 2008
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Unfortunately, he has become a staunch supporter of global military interventionism, which is an embarrassment to me, since he was one of my intellectual heroes.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Books I Would Recommend to those Who Disagree With Me 2009
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This brings us to conservative interventionism, which is probably the most flexible and least ideological of the foreign policy doctrines.
Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005
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This brings us to conservative interventionism, which is probably the most flexible and least ideological of the foreign policy doctrines.
Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005
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