NATOistn.adj.
/ˈneɪtəʊɪst/, U.S. /ˈneɪdoʊəst/ A. n.
A supporter of NATO.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > an alliance > specific alliances > supporters of
Triplicist1923
Atlanticist1946
NATOist1966
transatlanticist1969
1966 New Statesman 18 Mar. 366/2 The opposition..includes a lot of outright Natoists (Mollet and even Mitterrand also support Nato, with reservations).
1987 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 1: U.S.S.R. (B.B.C.) (Nexis) 28 May SU/8579/A2/1 Are the NATOists ready to act as dynamically as the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Treaty member states?
B. adj.
Supportive of, or signatory to, NATO.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [adjective] > relating to alliance > favouring specific alliance
Triplicist1923
pro-Axis1938
Nato-ish1965
NATOist1974
1974 N.Y. Times 24 July 14/8 He declared that a ‘new NATOist guard’ had established itself in Athens.
1999 Moscow Times (Nexis) 13 Apr. I don't want to be more NATOist than NATO itself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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