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UNILATERALISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("unilateralism" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unilateralism"):
one-way street (unilateral interaction)
Derivation:
unilateralist (an advocate of unilateralism)