unilateralistn.adj.
/ˌjuːnᵻˈlat(ə)rəlɪst/, /ˌjuːnᵻˈlat(ə)rl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˌjunəˈlædərələst/, /ˌjunəˈlætrələst/ A. n.
One who favours or adopts a policy of unilateral disarmament.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > disarmament > [noun] > advocate of
disarmer1898
unilateralist1927
multilateralist1947
unilateral disarmer1960
1927 Daily Tel. 14 Mar. 9/7 The lack of foresight on the part of the ‘Unilateralists’..led..to the..postponement of Germany's entry into the League.
1959 Guardian 15 Oct. 10/4 Defeats among unilateralists were matched by defeats among believers in the ‘great deterrent’.
1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 May 334/1 The elaborate build-up of good will by multilateral visits between the heads of government.
1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Nov. 1277/2 For Bevan was emphatically no fellow-traveller, no isolationist, no unilateralist and certainly no pacifist.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to unilateral disarmament, or to unilateralists or their activities.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > disarmament > [adjective]
unilateralist1959
multilateralist1960
zero-zero1982
1959 Manch. Guardian 20 July 6/2 There is..little danger that it [sc. the Labour Party conference] will go along the unilateralist road.
1960 News Chron. 20 Sept. 6/1 By insisting that this country should abandon nuclear weapons and any alliance that possesses them, Mr. Cousins is taking up a unilateralist position.
1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 22 Mr Gaitskell's recapture of Labour Party defence policy from the hands of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament..had left him exposed as the chief target for unilateralist retaliation.
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n.adj.1927