isolationist

Example Sentences

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Countries have become more isolationist manufacturing-wise, so they need to generate more electricity locally.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

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 • Nov. 30, 2025

The United States, traditionally isolationist and safely sheltered by two vast oceans, had emerged from World War Two as the leader of the free world.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025

Those sites represent shifting centers of power, influence and reigning cultural philosophy within the country, beginning with the isolationist Joseon dynasty that ruled for half a millennium, before the tumultuous modern era.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024

But gradually they came to accept Harry's isolationist ways as the norm—at least, for him.

From This Crowded Earth by Bloch, Robert