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interventionism

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, politics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: noninterventionism

2

noun

Meaning 2

The medical practice of trying to prolong someone's life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The idea that a person develops cognition through explicit instruction by others, and not merely by being nurtured and allowed to develop individually.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ինտերվենցիոնիզմ (intervencʻionizm) — political practice
  • Catalan: intervencionisme — political practice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 干涉主義 (gānshèzhǔyì) — political practice
  • Czech: intervencionismus — political practice
  • Danish: interventionisme — political practice
  • Dutch: interventionisme — political practice
  • French: interventionnisme — political practice
  • Galician: intervencionismo — political practice
  • Georgian: ინტერვენციონიზმი (inṭervencionizmi) — political practice
  • German: Interventionismus — political practice
  • Italian: interventismo — political practice
  • Italian: intervenzionismo — political practice
  • Polish: interwencjonizm — political practice
  • Portuguese: intervencionismo — political practice
  • Romanian: intervenționism — political practice
  • Spanish: intervencionismo — political practice