unilateralismn.
/ˌjuːnᵻˈlat(ə)rəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌjuːnᵻˈlat(ə)rl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌjunəˈlædərəˌlɪzəm/, /ˌjunəˈlætrəˌlɪzəm/ = unilaterality n. at unilateral adj. Derivatives; spec. (a) = unilateral disarmament at unilateral adj. 4d; (b) U.S. the pursuit of a foreign policy without allies or irrespective of their views.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [noun] > other specific policies or advocacy of
laissez-faireism1848
localism1848
laissez-faire1873
irredentism1883
dissolutionism1894
expansionism1900
bilingualism1901
non-alignment1908
agriculturism1919
cultural imperialism1921
isolationism1922
unilateralism1926
autarky1934
elitism1934
pronatalism1938
neo-isolationism1951
non-alignedness1962
1926 Public Opinion 30 Apr. 434/2 We must..surmount national and social unilateralism in the domain of the spirit.
1935 Punch 25 Sept. 354/2 Laugh heartily when politicians talk about ‘unilateralism’.
1959 Manch. Guardian 20 July 6/2 He said that unilateralism would take Britain out of N.A.T.O.
1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 357/1 Unilateralism is now used to mean ‘no alliances’ while isolationism is more often used to mean an attitude of withdrawal.
1968 N. Nicolson in H. Nicolson Diaries III. 385 The policy of unilateral renunciation by Britain of the atomic bomb had been advocated by Bevan... The Labour Party Conference had voted..for unilateralism.
1979 H. Kissinger White House Years xxiv. 1089 From an early hostility to the American alliance with Japan..the Chinese leaders soon came..to view it as a guarantee of America's continued interest in the Western Pacific and a rein on Japanese unilateralism.
1984 New Statesman 16 Nov. 10/1 After the Labour defeat at the General Election, the installation of Cruise missiles and a seemingly unequivocal Labour commitment to unilateralism, many CND activists are looking at the shape and direction CND needs to take in order to win the political debate on disarmament.
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n.1926