Usually means: U.S. opposes European colonization, interference.
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  1. monroe doctrine: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Monroe Doctrine: Merriam-Webster
  3. Monroe Doctrine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Monroe doctrine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Monroe Doctrine: Vocabulary.com
  6. Monroe Doctrine, the monroe doctrine: Wordnik
  7. Monroe Doctrine: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. Monroe Doctrine: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Monroe Doctrine, The Monroe doctrine: Dictionary.com
  10. Monroe Doctrine: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Monroe Doctrine (United States), Monroe Doctrine, Monroe doctrine, The Monroe Doctrine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Monroe doctrine: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. Monroe doctrine: Rhymezone
  14. Monroe doctrine: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. Monroe Doctrine: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  16. monroe doctrine, the monroe doctrine: FreeDictionary.org
  17. monroe doctrine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Monroe doctrine, The Monroe doctrine: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. Monroe Doctrine: Merriam-Webster
  20. Monroe Doctrine: Wiktionary

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  1. Monroe Doctrine: Legal dictionary

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  1. Monroe Doctrine: Encyclopedia

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  1. Political (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Monroe Doctrine)

▸ noun:  (historical) A policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas while asserting US dominance, empire, and hegemony in the hemisphere.

Similar:
Monroeism, Monroeist, imperialism, manifest destiny, colonialism, hegemonism, antihegemonism, expansionism, American Empire, monopolism, more...

Opposite:
anti-isolationism, interventionism, internationalism

Types:
Big Stick Diplomacy, Dollar Diplomacy, Moral Diplomacy, more...

Phrases:
the monroe doctrine, more...
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Similar:
Monroeism, Monroeist, imperialism, manifest destiny, colonialism, hegemonism, antihegemonism, expansionism, American Empire, monopolism, more...

Opposite:
anti-isolationism, interventionism, internationalism

Types:
Big Stick Diplomacy, Dollar Diplomacy, Moral Diplomacy, more...

Phrases:
the monroe doctrine, more...



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