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  • noun The policies of Woodrow Wilson
  • noun The policies of Harold Wilson

Etymologies

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From Wilsonian +‎ -ism

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  • None the less it runs diametrically counter to the letter and the spirit of Wilsonianism, which is now seen to be a wall high enough to keep out the dwarf states, but which the giants can easily clear at a bound.

    The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Emile Joseph Dillon 1894

  • For Wilson did not think that what came to be known, and often derided, as "Wilsonianism" was just a policy selected from a palette of possible choices.

    What "W" Owes to "WW" 2005

  • For Wilson did not think that what came to be known, and often derided, as "Wilsonianism" was just a policy selected from a palette of possible choices.

    What "W" Owes to "WW" 2005

  • For Wilson did not think that what came to be known, and often derided, as "Wilsonianism" was just a policy selected from a palette of possible choices.

    What "W" Owes to "WW" 2005

  • "Wilsonianism" was and is the spirit of liberalism applied to international relations, and is based upon two propositions - that free markets, over time, tend to produce democracy, and that democracies tend to conduct peaceful foreign policies.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Wilson's idealistic foreign policy, called "Wilsonianism" sought to end militarism as a force in world affairs, vigorously promote national self determination, create international bodies to head off serious disputes, and use American resources to promote democracy.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Wilson's idealistic foreign policy, called "Wilsonianism" sought to end militarism as a force in world affairs, vigorously promote national self determination, create international bodies to head off serious disputes, and use American resources to promote democracy.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • That maxim, and the entire scheme of “Wilsonianism” that it is thought to represent, have often been derided as hopelessly idealistic.

    What Would Wilson Do? 2010

  • Wilsonianism was stillborn at the end of World War I, with consequences that spawned the Great Depression and the Second World War.

    What Would Wilson Do? 2010

  • Wilsonianism was stillborn at the end of World War I, with consequences that spawned the Great Depression and the Second World War.

    What Would Wilson Do? 2010

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