单词 | Wilsonian |
释义 | Wilsonian (once / 61882 pages) adj The political adjective Wilsonian is good for describing a policy or idea that's similar to those of the twenty-eighth US president, Woodrow Wilson. You can talk about a Wilsonian, a follower or scholar of Woodrow Wilson — a Wilsonian, for example, might write a biography of the former president. It's even more common to describe a particular kind of US foreign policy as Wilsonian. A Wilsonian philosophy, with a stated eventual goal of world peace, includes ideas such as the spread of democracy and capitalism and policies of intervening in other countries' conflicts. Former president Bill Clinton is sometimes described as having a Wilsonian ideology. WORD FAMILYWilson: Wilsonian, Wilsons USAGE EXAMPLESYet the first lady was a living embodiment of Wilsonian idealism whose views on the United Nations order were profound. Washington Post(Sep 15, 2016) And it is the Wilsonian tradition altogether, grounded in American claims to exceptionalism and universalism, that gradually passes into history as we watch and speak. Salon(Sep 14, 2016) To this day, he views himself as a Wilsonian. Washington Post(Aug 31, 2016) adj of or relating to or suggestive of Woodrow Wilson |
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