interventionism
Meanings
noun
- The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state's affairs.
- The medical practice of trying to prolong someone's life.
- The idea that a person develops cognition through explicit instruction by others, and not merely by being nurtured and allowed to develop individually.
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Etymology
From French interventionnisme. By surface analysis, intervention + -ism.
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