Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1921, "characteristic of the U.S. presidency of Woodrow Wilson" (1856-1924), especially in reference to idealism in foreign policy.
Usage examples of "wilsonian".
The Pragmatic Approach: Advantages and Disadvantages The Pragmatic Approach proceeds from the fundamental assumption that building a new, stable Iraq is going to be a long and costly process--if it can succeed at all--and therefore that the United States should be looking for a practical short-term solution, rather than a Wilsonian long-term one.
Had it not been for the maneuvering of such Wilsonian Bryanites as Burden, Champ Clark might now be enjoying a chill in the Lincoln bed.
Without the League, there would be another war with Germany within thirty years because of the Carthaginian peace being imposed by the Allies, who not only had broken the terms of the Wilsonian armistice but now meant to bankrupt Germany with reparations.