mənˈrō, ˈmənˌrō- noun
Usage: usually capitalized M&D
Etymology: from the Monroe Doctrine, a statement proclaimed December 2, 1823 by James Monroe died 1831, 5th United States president, to the effect that the United States would not brook any interference in the western hemisphere by European powers
: a foreign policy opposed to the extension of outside political, economic, and ideological systems into a nation's existing sphere of influence
the Australians had already proclaimed, in their own hearts, a Monroe Doctrine for the South Pacific — W.K.Hancock