isolationism
noun
iso·la·tion·ism
ˌī-sə-ˈlā-shə-ˌni-zəm 
also ˌi-
: a policy of national isolation by abstention from alliances and other international political and economic relations
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This is not isolationism by any stretch of the imagination.
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Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
His previous, Pulitzer-winning book, The End of the Myth, incisively explained how U.S. expansionism gave way to the border-wall isolationism of the Trump era.
—Book Marks
july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
Instead, this strategy offers a middle position between isolationism and the longtime U.S. strategy of global leadership.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Western reasonableness shouldn't mutate into indifferent isolationism.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
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Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
His previous, Pulitzer-winning book, The End of the Myth, incisively explained how U.S. expansionism gave way to the border-wall isolationism of the Trump era.
—Book Marks
july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
Instead, this strategy offers a middle position between isolationism and the longtime U.S. strategy of global leadership.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Western reasonableness shouldn't mutate into indifferent isolationism.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
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“Isolationism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/isolationism. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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isolationism
noun
iso·la·tion·ism
ˌī-sə-ˈlā-shə-ˌniz-əm
: a national policy of avoiding international political and economic relations
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