isolationist

[ahy-suh-ley-shuh-nist, is-uh-] / ˌaɪ səˈleɪ ʃə nɪst, ˌɪs ə- /

ADJECTIVE

conventional

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rigid

WEAK

bigoted bourgeois button-down commonplace conforming conservative demure doctrinal dogmatic drippy hackneyed hidebound humdrum illiberal in rut inflexible insular lame literal moderate moral narrow narrow-minded not extreme not heretical obstinate parochial pedestrian prosaic puritanical routine rube run-of-the-mill sober solemn square stereotyped straight strait-laced strict stuffy uptight

Antonyms

WEAK

abnormal different exotic foreign irregular new original strange uncommon unconventional uncustomary unique unusual

NOUN

nonaligned nation

Synonyms

WEAK

neutralist nation unaligned nation

Example Sentences

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It’s often said that Hoxha turned Albania into a Balkan North Korea, but he was, in truth, more isolationist even than the North Korean Kims.

From The Wall Street Journal

It wasn’t surprising to see complaints about the agreement from labor groups and other economic isolationists.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Pence said the U.S. must continue to support Ukraine in its fight with Russia, an implicit rebuke of Mr. Trump’s isolationist stance.

From Washington Times

“I’m concerned that uber-realists are really just isolationists, and if they are willing to sell out Ukraine to Putin’s aggression, why wouldn’t they be willing to sell out Taiwan to Xi’s aggression?”

From Washington Post

Mirziyoyev, 65, has been praised at home and abroad as a liberal reformer for abandoning the previous leadership's isolationist policies and police state approach.

From Reuters

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