unilateralist

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adjective

Supporting or advocating unilateralism

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveunilateralist (comparative more unilateralist, superlative most unilateralist)

comparative more unilateralist · superlative most unilateralist

  1. Supporting or advocating unilateralism

    Yet he emerged as the driving force for the administration’s unilateralist policies.

    2009 January 25, James Mann, “At the White House, What’s Old May Be New”, in New York Times
    1 more example

    the US is hegemonic, unilateralist, dismissive of international law and the United Nations

    2009 March 1, Samuel J. Spiegel, Philippe Le Billon, “China’s weapons trade: from ships of shame to the ethics of global resistance”, in International Affairs
noununilateralist (plural unilateralists)

plural unilateralists

  1. A supporter of unilateralism.

    “I am the last of the standing unilateralists,” Mr. Oren declared in a lecture in March at Georgetown University, where he was a visiting professor in Jewish studies until being named ambassador.

    2009 September 26, Mark Landler, “Israeli Ambassador Draws on American Roots”, in New York Times

Origin

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APA

unilateralist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unilateralist

MLA

“unilateralist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unilateralist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unilateralist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unilateralist.

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