Definitions

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  • adjective Supporting or advocating unilateralism
  • noun A supporter of unilateralism.

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  • noun an advocate of unilateralism

Etymologies

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unilateral +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • But neither, in his words, could be the reaction of the United States to terrorism, which he calls unilateralist, he calls unfair and he called it biased against the Muslim world.

    CNN Transcript May 28, 2003 2003

  • It was the tone from what critics called a unilateralist White House.

    CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2008 2008

  • The Bush administration's charm offensive may have demonstrated that not all of Europe is aligned against it, and that despite popular rhetoric America is neither wholly "unilateralist" nor entirely isolated.

    A Friend Indeed 2007

  • Mr. Ozawa argues that Japan's deployment supports a "unilateralist" and "illegal" war by the United States in Afghanistan.

    Tokyo Retreat 2007

  • The dominant theme of today's Washington battles is that most of America's current problems are self-inflicted wounds attributable to overly muscular and "unilateralist" Bush administration policies.

    Diplomacy in the Post-9/11 Era 2007

  • The president came to power with "unilateralist" tendencies but must now assemble the most complex diplomatic armada since the Allies in World War II.

    A President Finds His True Voice 2007

  • Her main accomplishment is sort of shifting the rhetoric of the administration's foreign policy away from this kind of unilateralist "with us or against us" approach that we saw in the first term.

    CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2006 2006

  • Her main accomplishment is sort of shifting the rhetoric of the administration's foreign policy away from this kind of unilateralist, "with us or against us" approach that we saw in the first term.

    CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2006 2006

  • Her main accomplishment is sort of shifting the rhetoric of the administration's foreign policy away from this kind of unilateralist, with us or against us approach that we saw in the first term.

    CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2006 2006

  • Her main accomplishment is sort of shifting the rhetoric of the administration's foreign policy away from this kind of unilateralist, "with us or against us" approach that we saw first term.

    CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2006 2006

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