noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, US:/ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃəˌnɪzəm/
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CMU ARPABET:AY2 S AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 N IH2 Z AH0 M
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A national (or group) policy of non-interaction with other nations (or groups).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: foreign policy
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English isolation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English isolationism From isolation + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
اِنْعِزَالِيَّة
(inʕizāliyya)
— policy of non-interaction
Armenian:
իզոլյացիոնիզմ
(izolyacʻionizm)
— policy of non-interaction
Bulgarian:
изолационизъм
(izolacionizǎm)
— policy of non-interaction
Catalan:
aïllacionisme
— policy of non-interaction
Chinese Mandarin:
孤立主義 /孤立主义
(gūlìzhǔyì)
— policy of non-interaction
Czech:
izolacionismus
— policy of non-interaction
Czech:
izolacionizmus
— policy of non-interaction
Dutch:
isolationisme
— policy of non-interaction
Finnish:
eristäytyminen
— policy of non-interaction
Finnish:
isolationismi
— policy of non-interaction
French:
isolationnisme
— policy of non-interaction
Georgian:
იზოლაციონიზმი
(izolacionizmi)
— policy of non-interaction
German:
Isolationismus
— policy of non-interaction
Hungarian:
izolacionizmus
— policy of non-interaction
Indonesian:
isolasionisme
— policy of non-interaction
Italian:
isolazionismo
— policy of non-interaction
Japanese:
孤立主義
(koritsushugi)
— policy of non-interaction
Kazakh:
изоляционизм
(izoläsionizm)
— policy of non-interaction
Korean:
고립주의
(goripjuui)
— policy of non-interaction
Māori:
angataratahitanga
— policy of non-interaction
Persian:
انزواطلبی
— policy of non-interaction
Polish:
autarkia
— policy of non-interaction
Polish:
autarkizm
— policy of non-interaction
Polish:
izolacjonizm
— policy of non-interaction
Portuguese:
isolacionismo
— policy of non-interaction
Russian:
изоляциони́зм
(izoljacionízm)
— policy of non-interaction
Serbo-Croatian:
izolacionizam
— policy of non-interaction
Sindhi:
اڪيلائپ جي نيتي
(ākelāp je nete)
— policy of non-interaction
Spanish:
aislacionismo
— policy of non-interaction
Swedish:
isolationism
— policy of non-interaction
Ukrainian:
ізоляціоні́зм
(izoljacionízm)
— policy of non-interaction
