unilateralist

American  

[yoo-nuh-lat-er-uhl-ist] / ˌyu nəˈlæt ər əl ɪst /

noun

plural

unilateralists

1. a person who advocates for a unilateral policy, especially in disarmament.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or supporting a unilateral policy, especially in disarmament.

Other Word Forms

• unilateralistic adjective

Example Sentences

“Gotabaya has a dualistic personality — one side of that personality that the country has seen is this unilateralist, quite insensitive ex-military man,” Jayatilleka said.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022

President Donald Trump, who has taken a more unilateralist approach to international issues than his predecessors, is scheduled to turn up at Davos and deliver a speech as well as meet business leaders.

From Washington Times • Jan. 15, 2020

In 2008, he was at the Brandenburg Gate when Obama, then a presidential candidate, gave a speech to hundreds of thousands of Germans repudiating the unilateralist politics that prevailed under President George W. Bush. 

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2017

He is not so much an isolationist as a unilateralist.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn, a unilateralist and member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, has spent his life campaigning against nuclear weapons.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2016