interventionism

English

Etymology

From French interventionnisme.

Noun

interventionism (countable and uncountable, plural interventionisms)

1. (politics) The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state's affairs.
2. (medicine) The medical practice of trying to prolong someone's life.
3. (psychology) The idea that a person develops cognition through explicit instruction by others, and not merely by being nurtured and allowed to develop individually.

Coordinate terms

• (psychology): horticulturalism

Derived terms

• economic interventionism

Related terms

• interventionist

Translations

political practice

• Armenian: ինտերվենցիոնիզմ (intervencʻionizm)
• Catalan: intervencionisme m
• Czech: intervencionismus m
• Dutch: interventionisme (nl) n
• French: interventionnisme (fr)
• Galician: intervencionismo m
• Georgian: ინტერვენციონიზმი (inṭervencionizmi)
• German: Interventionismus (de) m
• Italian: interventismo (it) m, intervenzionismo m
• Polish: interwencjonizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: intervencionismo (pt) m
• Romanian: intervenționism (ro) n
• Spanish: intervencionismo m