interventionist

interventionist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French interventionniste.

Adjective

interventionist (comparative more interventionist, superlative most interventionist)

1. Of or pertaining to interventionism, or an advocate thereof.
   • 1997, Nick Cave (lyrics), “Into My Arms”, in The Boatman’s Call, performed by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds:

     I don't believe in an interventionist God / But I know, darling, that you do / But if I did, I would kneel down and ask Him / Not to intervene when it came to you

Translations

Catalan: intervencionista (ca) m or f Dutch: interventionistisch (nl) French: interventionniste (fr) m or f Galician: intervencionista m or f German: interventionistisch (de) Italian: interventista m or f, intervenzionista m or f Portuguese: intervencionista (pt) m or f Spanish: intervencionista

Noun

interventionist (plural interventionists)

1. One who practices or defends interventionism.
   • 2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian‎:

     Senior players were sceptical to begin with, startled by Conte’s aggressively interventionist training sessions, practice constantly stopped by that barking voice, points of positional detail brutally drilled.

Derived terms

• interventionistic
• neurointerventionist
• noninterventionist

 

Related terms

• interventionalist

Translations

Azerbaijani: müdaxiləçi Catalan: intervencionista (ca) m or f French: interventionniste (fr) m or f Galician: intervencionista m or f German: Interventionist (de) m, Interventionistin (de) f Italian: interventista m or f, intervenzionista m or f Portuguese: intervencionista (pt) m or f Russian: интервент (ru) (intervent) Spanish: intervencionista m or f