apolitical
- adjective
- /ˌeɪpəˈlɪtɪkəl/
- Despite living in a politically charged environment, he remains apolitical and uninterested in current events.
- apolitical stance
- apolitical nature
- apolitical discourse
And that point of view can be political, it can be apolitical, it can be philosophical.
- And that point of view can be political, it can be apolitical, it can be philosophical.
- OK, he was like, oh, soon after that, but he was criticized for his apolitical writings.
- We're both are certain kinds of human beings that can have a much deeper apolitical conversation.
- They're for good reasons, apolitical in in the most in the best sense of the word, welcoming.
- So you hear, you have the, the, the chair of the, of the House Intelligence Committee supposedly supposedly as apolitical as the House can possibly be.
Examples
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The point is: good central banking is apolitical, and the more apolitical, the better.
Academic text (1996) -
"The Fed does not always make the right call, but its criteria are clearly apolitical.
Academic text (1997) -
I mean, I was still pretty apolitical, but had started to have some important questions and and experiences.
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And together they could kind of produce an America that seemed both apolitical and political at the same time.
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The military here is the most apolitical bunch of people I have ever met.
Fiction book (1995) -
Wanted to use the Earth as an apolitical zone for creatures without a planet.
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Can scientists working on military technology be apolitical, or are they responsible for their creations?
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Freedom, in a fundamental, apolitical, and non-ideological sense, is his basic theme.
Academic text (1993) -
History has made them more anxious by making them more aware of their isolated or apolitical individuality.
Academic text (1992) -
And so minimalism is apolitical, and that's the good news.
Synonyms
Not supporting either side in a conflict
Not officially connected to any group or organization
Not about government or public life
Not interested in government or public life
Not connected with or supporting any political group
Not supporting or connected to any political party
Not a member of any political party
Not a member of any political party
Antonyms
How Political
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word apolitical starts with the little prefix a-, which means 'not' or 'without', and ends with political, from politics meaning 'matters of government'. So, someone or something apolitical is 'not connected with politics' or not interested in political matters.