unilateralist

Related to unilateralist: multilateralist

u·ni·lat·er·al·ism

(yo͞o′nə-lăt′ər-ə-lĭz′əm)

The policy or practice of conducting foreign affairs with minimal consultation or cooperation with other nations, including a nation's allies.

u′ni·lat′er·a·list adj. & n.

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unilateralist

(ˈjuːnɪˈlætərəlɪst)

1. a person or organization that believes in acting independently, without reference to other parties

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who believes in or advocates unilateral disarmament

adj

3. in favour of acting independently, without reference to other parties

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) believing in or advocating unilateral disarmament

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unilateralist - an advocate of unilateralism

advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

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unilateralist

[ˈjuːnɪˈlætərəlɪst] N → persona f que está a favor del desarme unilateral, unilateralista mf

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unilateralist

n → Befürworter(in) m(f) → einseitiger Abrüstung

adj policies etc → auf einseitige Abrüstung ausgerichtet

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President Bush's March 11th address, which marked the passing of six months from the Black Tuesday attacks, "seemed an attempt to reassure nations unsettled by the unilateralist tone of his State of the Union Address on January 29," observed the New York Times.

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"China resolutely opposes the US side harming the interests of China and the world through unilateralist and protectionist policies," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement issued late on Thursday.

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