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sanctionism

sanctionism noun: a policy of imposing sanctions.

Noun

sanctionism (uncountable)

  1. A policy of imposing sanctions.

Origin of sanctionism

From sanction + -ism.

Questions about sanctionism

What does sanctionism mean?
Sanctionism means a policy of imposing sanctions.
What part of speech is sanctionism?
Sanctionism is a noun.

Words near sanctionism in the dictionary

  1. sanctioneers
  2. sanctioner
  3. sanctioners
  4. sanctioning
  5. sanctionings
  6. sanctionism
  7. sanctionist
  8. sanctionists
  9. sanctionless
  10. sanctionlessness
  11. sanctionment

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