interventionist
adjective, noun
interventionist is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-T-I-O-N-I-S-T: 15 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, interventionist means “Of or pertaining to interventionism, or an advocate thereof” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in interventionist?
| Letters | 15: I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-T-I-O-N-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is interventionist?
Interventionist appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce interventionist?
Interventionist has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of interventionist
- interventionists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does interventionist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to interventionism, or an advocate thereof.
noun
- 1
One who practices or defends interventionism.
- 2
A physician who performs minimally invasive procedures using imaging guidance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Interventionist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | interventionniste |
| German | interventionistisch, Interventionist, Interventionistin |
| Portuguese | intervencionista |
| Spanish | intervencionista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does interventionist come from?
Borrowed from French interventionniste, equivalent to intervention + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).