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

There’s no hypothetical version of global equilibrium in which the United States is simultaneously the dominant superpower and also an isolationist fortress-state with zero immigration.

From Salon

Famous for its isolationist culture and strict immigration policies, the island nation has experienced a record surge in both tourists and foreign residents in recent years.

From BBC

The possibility that he might draw the US into another foreign entanglement has pitted the isolationist and hawkish wings of his party bitterly against one another.

From BBC

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