The most common applications of the term are for economic interventionism (a state's intervention in its own economy), and foreign interventionism (a state's intervention in the affairs of another nation as part of its foreign policy).
De mest almindelige brug af begrebet er for økonomisk interventionisme (en stats intervention i dens egen økonomi), og udenlandsk interventionisme (en stats intervention i en anden nations anliggende som en del af deres udenrigspolitik).