Definition of "isolationism" []

• A national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries. (noun)

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• "Think of it this way: The old isolationism was a peaceable urge basic to the American people; the new isolationism is little short of a government program to keep the old isolationism, or opposition of any sort to American wars, in check."
• "A new isolationism is metastasizing in the American body politic."
• "In early 20th century Great Britain, anti-imperialist commentators and politicians were often thought to be affected by the parochial disease of "Little Englandism" -- foreign policy solely focused on the well-being of the British Isles at the expense of the empire -- essentially an euphemism for isolationism."