Words / C1

ys-uh-LAYSH-uh-niz-uh-m/ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃənɪzəm/

Isolationism is a policy of remaining apart from other countries’ affairs: a turn to isolationism, isolationist politics. Non-intervention is the close twin; dropping an external cohort “to keep things simple” is still a methods exclusion.

Meaning

A policy of staying out of the political or economic affairs of other countries.

Examples

• “Isolationism in the literature review is not a sampling frame; name the overseas slice.”
• “Isolationism in the sample — dropping the external cohort — is an exclusion, not “simplicity”.”
• “Non-intervention is the policy twin. Withdrawal is a cousin. Simplicity is a slogan. A named list with a date is a frame. Name the exclusion, or put the cohort back; do not baptise the drop as elegance.”

Good to know

Staying out of others’ affairs. Close: non-intervention. “Simplicity” ≠ a dropped cohort.

Near in meaning

non-intervention, withdrawal

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