in|ter|ven|tion|ist

in|ter|ven|tion|ist
in|ter|ven|tion|ist «IHN tuhr VEHN shuh nihst», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a person who favors intervention, especially in the affairs of another country.
2. Medicine. a person who favors medical intervention in the course of a disease rather than leaving the patient to nature.
–adj.
1. favoring intervention: »

interventionist foreign policy.

2. of or having to do with intervention or interventionists.

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