aislacionista

Spanish

Etymology

From aislar +‎ -ción +‎ -ista, a calque of English isolationist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aislaθjoˈnista/ [ai̯s.la.θjoˈnis.t̪a] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /aislasjoˈnista/ [ai̯s.la.sjoˈnis.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: ais‧la‧cio‧nis‧ta

Adjective

aislacionista m or f (masculine and feminine plural aislacionistas)

  1. isolationist

Noun

aislacionista m or f by sense (plural aislacionistas)

  1. isolationist
    • 2015 October 16, Joseph S. Nye, “EE UU en el mundo: tres preguntas”, in El País‎[1]:
      Todos eran profundamente internacionalistas en comparación con los verdaderos aislacionistas del decenio de 1930, que se oponían enconadamente a que se acudiera en ayuda de Gran Bretaña en la II Guerra Mundial.
      Everyone was deeply internationalist compared to the true isolationists of the decade of 1930, who were angrily opposed to going to the aid of Great Britain in World War II.

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