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  • noun Plural form of unilateralist.

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  • And this really is a perfect opportunity -- I'm not sure it's the intention, but I think it will probably happen -- to stamp out what the military likes to call unilateralists, which is people operating on their own.

    CNN Transcript Mar 14, 2003 2003

  • The "unilateralists," principally Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his brainy deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, have asserted that the United States, as the world's "hyperpower," should look after its own interests and not worry so much about Russia, which they regard as a corrupt has-been.

    A Steely Southerner 2007

  • Dr Julian Lewis, a former Tory defence spokesman, said: What is shocking is that this is clearly designed as some form of appeasement of the Liberal Democrats who are, and always have been, covert unilateralists ...

    David Cameron to delay Trident replacement Nicholas Watt 2010

  • Administration officials keep saying that those of us who criticize them for failing to lead the world are "unilateralists," like the dreaded George W. Bush.

    Who's on First? 2011

  • Rather than retreat into isolationism, as we have often done in our history, or go it alone as the unilateralists advocated disastrously in the past decade, we need to commit ourselves to a national strategy of smart engagement with the rest of the world.

    Your Company’s Computer Guy | ATTACKERMAN 2008

  • Bush-administration unilateralists, some analysts say, regarded the U.N. as an obstacle to American foreign policy.

    North Korea Crisis Tests Obama's Reliance on U.N. 2009

  • Voting "aye" were Ted Kennedy, John Kerry and Harry Reid, among other noted unilateralists.

    Bush the Multilateralist 2008

  • Voting "aye" were Ted Kennedy, John Kerry and Harry Reid, among other noted unilateralists.

    Bush the Multilateralist 2008

  • Voting "aye" were Ted Kennedy, John Kerry and Harry Reid, among other noted unilateralists.

    Bush the Multilateralist 2008

  • Rather than retreat into isolationism, as we have often done in our history, or go it alone as the unilateralists advocated disastrously in the past decade, we need to commit ourselves to a national strategy of smart engagement with the rest of the world.

    We Should Talk to Our Enemies 2008

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