interventionistin‧ter‧ven‧tion‧ist /ˌɪntəˈvenʃənɪst $ -tər-/ adjective 
The UN adopted a more interventionist approach in the region.—interventionism noun [uncountable]
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- For more than 100 years, the left saw the powerful, interventionist state as the means to deliver its political objectives.
- Instead, he promised the government would have an active but not interventionist role.
- It is not a purely capitalist system, however, because the state is extremely interventionist in promoting economic development.
- These, representing a powerful State, are highly interventionist, concerned with efficiency and productivity, and rationalists to the core.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The UN adopted a more interventionist approach in the region.
based on the belief of a government or organization that it should take action or spend money to influence the economy (=financial system) or what happens in other countriesinterventionist approach/role/policy The UN adopted a more interventionist approach in the region. The UN adopted a more interventionist approach in the region.—interventionism noun [uncountable]