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Whatever one thinks of President George W. Bush and his unilateralist crew, most of the people laughing at us do not think we are evil. What they think is that we are naive and incompetent.
Richard Reeves

Meaning of "unilateralist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNILATERALIST

unilateralist  [ˈjuːnɪˈlætərəlɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNILATERALIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unilateralist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNILATERALIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Unilateralism

Unilateralism is any doctrine or agenda that supports one-sided action. Such action may be in disregard for other parties, or as an expression of a commitment toward a direction which other parties may find agreeable. Unilateralism is a neologism which is already in common use; it was coined to be an antonym for multilateralism, which is the doctrine which asserts the benefits of participation from as many parties as possible. The two terms together can refer to differences in foreign policy approached to international problems. When agreement by multiple parties is absolutely required—for example, in the context of international trade policies—bilateral agreements are usually preferred by proponents of unilateralism. Unilateralism may be preferred in those instances when it's assumed to be the most efficient, i.e., in issues that can be solved without cooperation. However, a government may also have a principal preference for unilateralism or multilateralism, and, for instance, strive to avoid policies that cannot be realized unilaterally or alternatively to champion multilateral solutions to problems that could well have been solved unilaterally.

Definition of unilateralist in the English dictionary

The definition of unilateralist in the dictionary is a person or organization that believes in acting independently, without reference to other parties. Other definition of unilateralist is a person who believes in or advocates unilateral disarmament.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNILATERALIST


agriculturalist
ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəlɪst
Antifederalist
ˌæntɪˈfɛdərəlɪst
Federalist
ˈfɛdərəlɪst
generalist
ˈdʒɛnərəlɪst
horticulturalist
ˌhɔːtɪˈkʌltʃərəlɪst
humoralist
ˈhjuːmərəlɪst
liberalist
ˈlɪbərəlɪst
literalist
ˈlɪtərəlɪst
mineralist
ˈmɪnərəlɪst
multiculturalist
ˌmʌltɪˈkʌltʃərəlɪst
multilateralist
ˌmʌltɪˈlætərəlɪst
muralist
ˈmjʊərəlɪst
pastoralist
ˈpɑːstərəlɪst
pluralist
ˈplʊərəlɪst
poststructuralist
ˌpəʊstˈstrʌktʃərəlɪst
ruralist
ˈrʊərəlɪst
structuralist
ˈstrʌktʃərəlɪst
supernaturalist
ˌsuːpəˈnætʃərəlɪst
trilateralist
traɪˈlætərəlɪst
unicameralist
ˌjuːnɪˈkæmərəlɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNILATERALIST

unilabiate
unilateral
Unilateral Declaration of Independence
unilateral disarmament
unilateral neglect
unilateral nuclear disarmament
unilateralism
unilaterality
unilaterally
unilinear
unilingual
unilingualism
unilingualist
uniliteral
unillumed
unilluminated
unilluminating
unillumined
unillusioned
unillustrated

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNILATERALIST

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brutalist
capitalist
finalist
fundamentalist
hospitalist
idealist
journalist
mentalist
minimalist
nationalist
naturalist
Orientalist
photojournalist
realist
removalist
sensationalist
serialist
socialist
specialist
vocalist

Synonyms and antonyms of unilateralist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unilateralist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNILATERALIST

Find out the translation of unilateralist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unilateralist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unilateralist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

单边主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unilateralista
570 millions of speakers

English

unilateralist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unilateralist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

احادية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

односторонности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unilateralista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unilateralist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unilatéraliste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Unilateralist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unilateralistischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一方的
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일방
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unilateralist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đơn phương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒருதலைப்பட்ச
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकपक्षीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tek taraflı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unilaterale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jednostronne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

однобічності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unilateralist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μονομερούς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unilateralist
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ensidig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unilateralistiske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unilateralist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNILATERALIST»

The term «unilateralist» is normally little used and occupies the 144.179 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNILATERALIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unilateralist

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QUOTES WITH «UNILATERALIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unilateralist.
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Richard Reeves
Whatever one thinks of President George W. Bush and his unilateralist crew, most of the people laughing at us do not think we are evil. What they think is that we are naive and incompetent.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNILATERALIST»

Discover the use of unilateralist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unilateralist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Unilateralist Temptation in American Foreign Policy
This book demonstrates that American unilateralism has deeper roots and more resilience than many expect.
David Skidmore, 2011
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Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: Ambivalent Engagement
14. Why. Is. U.S.. Human. Rights. Policy. So. Unilateralist? Andrew. Moravcsik. THE STORY OF U.S. "EXCEPTIONALISM" IN HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY— THE aversion of the United States to domestic application of international human rights ...
Stewart Patrick, Shepard Forman, 2002
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2006
Stéphanie FRANCQ∗∗ I. The Use of the Unilateralist Method A. Community Acts Determine Their Own Scope of Application 1. Implicit Criteria 2. Explicit Criteria 3. Unilateralist Method B. Some Consequences of Using the Unilateralist Method ...
Petar Sarcevic, Paul Volken, Andrea Bonomi, 2007
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Pacific, The; Peace, Security and the Nuclear Issue (Hard)
approaches currently contend for control over US foreign policy: the unilateralist and the internationalist (Bergsten, 1985; Nau, 1985). The internationalist policy current emphasizes economic interdependence and adjustment to the relative ...
Walker, R., William M. Sutherland, 1988
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The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Seventeenth ...
The unilateralist theory did away with the old device of compact, and allowed each labourer to appropriate natural resources legitimately without the consent of others. Given this, we may treat the seventeenth-century discourse as revealing a  ...
Peter R. Anstey, 2013
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Security and Environment in the Mediterranean: ...
... that led to the indefinite extension of the NPT in 1995, thereby severely undermining global support for the Treaty" (Miiller 2001: 420). The second Bush administration with its many unilateralist approaches to international arms control  ...
Hans Günter Brauch, 2003
7
International Cooperation: The Extents and Limits of ...
Hence the unilateralist fallacy of the larger state is that its wisdom is greater than that of smaller states, or other states in the system, and that military force is a reflection of this wisdom rather than an instrument shaped by practical exigency.
I. William Zartman, Saadia Touval, 2010
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Middle Class Radicalism: The Social Bases of the British ...
by agreeing not to debate defence policy at all.1 The sudden defection of the Left from the unilateralist cause was underlined in various ways throughout 1963. Most importantly perhaps, three leading unilateralist MP's, Michael Foot, Iudith Hart ...
Frank Parkin, 1968
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Risk and the Control of Technology: Public Policies for Road ...
The first major breakthrough was the adoption by the GMWU of a unilateralist resolution at its June Conference. The GMWU had been the most reactionary of the major trade unions and this decision was, as Peggy Duff later remarked, rather ...
Alan Irwin, 1985
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Rethinking Civilization: Resolving Conflict in the Human Family
The serious differences between the Bush Administration and its critics at home and abroad provide examples of how a narrowly unilateralist worldview can come into conflict with a broadly multilateralist perspective. In the United States, the ...
Majid Tehranian, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNILATERALIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unilateralist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cameron challenges Labour to rule out "grubby" coalition deal with …
"And will you confirm that he would never be involved in any shabby deal to give away our nuclear deterrent as part of a deal with the unilateralist party simply to ... «Herald Scotland, Mar 15»
2
Barack Obama's Lost Promise
This was an encouraging development after the unilateralist policies of his predecessor, President George W. Bush, whose War on Terrorism had led to ... «ABOUT US EDITOR'S NOTE About Us The Cairo Review of, Jan 15»
3
Jim Murphy is too respectable to oppose Trident. For some, that …
“We're not a unilateralist party, and we're not going to become a unilateralist party,” Murphy said in a radio interview earlier this year, and in describing the ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
4
Why Obama Needs the U.N.
He marginalized the Security Council over Iraq in 2003 and appointed the arch-unilateralist John Bolton as his representative in Turtle Bay in 2005. But as Iraqi ... «Politico, Sep 14»
5
Obama is defying the Constitution on war
Goldsmith says Obama has become “a matchless war-powers unilateralist” who “removed all practical limits” on presidential war-making when exercised, as in ... «Washington Post, Sep 14»
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A New AUMF: What Is the Obama Administration Afraid of?
They will puzzle over how Barack Obama the prudent war-powers constitutionalist transformed into a matchless war-powers unilateralist. And they will wonder ... «Huffington Post, Sep 14»
7
How Not to Lead the US in World Affairs
Their resulting policy of national (republican) self-defense was not isolationist, as many have characterized it, but rather unilateralist–and not the caricatured ... «The Federalist, Sep 14»
8
Obama's Breathtaking Expansion of a President's Power To Make War
They will puzzle over how Barack Obama the prudent war-powers constitutionalist transformed into a matchless war-powers unilateralist. And they will wonder ... «TIME, Sep 14»
9
The Ultimate Unilateralist
He is the ultimate unilateralist, almost to the point of solipsism. Two Papers in One!--I. "[John McCain's] choice of a running mate so evidently unfit for the office ... «Wall Street Journal, Sep 14»
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Brahma Chellaney | International law under siege
... Crimea, to the US-supported putsch in Kiev that deposed Ukraine's constitutional order highlights major powers' unilateralist approach to international law. «Livemint, Apr 14»

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