Interventionist

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  • adjective. Relating to or advocating interventionism.
  • noun. One who favors or advocates interventionism.
  • noun. One who organizes or leads interventions, as in confronting a person's substance abuse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In medicine, one who favors interfering with the course of a disease for therapeutic purposes under certain circumstances, as contrasted with one who under these circumstances would leave the patient to nature.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who practices or defends interventionism.
  • Word Usage
    "To keep attention focused on the use of governmental power by economic actors for their ends, the term interventionist power may be used."