nonaffiliated

Examples

• All

• Indeed, the amount of spiritual ferment, groping, and experience—affiliated and nonaffiliated, both here and abroad—borders on epidemic proportions (Grosso 1994).

  Academic text (1995)

• The fastest growing religious group is "nonaffiliated."

  Blog text (33)

• Nonaffiliated theaters turned to independent B studios to supply their dual bills.

  Academic text (2017)

• Their score of 62 degrees was identical to the average score that Jews gave to Catholics and significantly warmer than the mean rating given to Catholics by the religiously nonaffiliated or by secularists.

  Academic text (2002)

• Child of a lifelong practicing Catholic—my mother—and of a religiously nonaffiliated father, I rejected the notion that my father would be excluded from heaven simply because of his lack of religious belonging.

  Academic text (2014)

• Many young people today identify as nonaffiliated, meaning they do not belong to any particular religion or organization.

• The group held a meeting to discuss issues affecting nonaffiliated individuals in the community who do not participate in local politics.

• In the latest survey, a significant number of participants described themselves as nonaffiliated, indicating they have no ties to any formal groups or associations.

Synonyms

U

unaffiliated

vsnonaffiliated

15 6.6

Not officially connected to any group or organization

is the same in meaning but uses a different prefix form

N

nonaligned

vsnonaffiliated

1 6.7

Not part of any party or group and not supporting either side

is about simple lack of official connection rather than explicit neutrality

U

unallied

vsnonaffiliated

1 7.7

Not part of any group, country, or alliance

is broader, covering official lack of connection to any organization or party

U

unaligned

vsnonaffiliated

1 5.5

Not connected with or supporting any political group

is more general, applying to any group or organization beyond political contexts

U

unassociated

vsnonaffiliated

1 4.9

Not connected or related to something else, like two separate events

is specific to lack of official ties with groups or organizations

T

tieless

vsnonaffiliated

5.5

Not connected to any group or organization

focuses on lack of official connection rather than personal networks

N

nonadherent

vsnonaffiliated

8.4

Not belonging to a particular religion or organization

is about official nonconnection to groups, not only personal belief or membership

Antonyms

A

affiliated

1 4.6

Officially connected to a larger organization

How Affiliated

affiliated

1 4.6

independent

984 2.3

nonaffiliated

5.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology