UNILATERALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unilateralism mean? 

• UNILATERALISM (noun)
  The noun UNILATERALISM has 1 sense:

1. the doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations

  Familiarity information: UNILATERALISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNILATERALISM (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)