# interventionism

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #62,227

## Definitions
1. The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state's affairs.
2. The medical practice of trying to prolong someone's life.
3. The idea that a person develops cognition through explicit instruction by others, and not merely by being nurtured and allowed to develop individually.

## Etymology
From French interventionnisme. By surface analysis, intervention + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/interventionism