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interventionist

 adjective
     
Related topics: Politics
in‧ter‧ven‧tion‧ist
PP based on the belief of a government or organization that it should take action or spend money to influence the economy (=financial system) or what happens in other countries
interventionist approach/role/policy
The UN adopted a more interventionist approach in the region.
—interventionism noun [uncountable]
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