noun
The policy or practice of intervening, especially:
a. The policy of intervening in the affairs of another sovereign state.
b. The use of government power to control or influence domestic economic activity.
interventionism
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Noun
(plural interventionisms)
- (politics) The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state's affairs.
- (medicine) The medical practice of trying to prolong someone's life.
Origin
From French interventionnisme
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