nonaligned
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6.7
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnəˈlaɪnd/
:
no alineado
- The nonaligned countries met to discuss strategies for promoting neutrality in global politics.
- nonaligned movement
- nonaligned countries
- nonaligned nations
Examples
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Zambia is a nonaligned nation, maintaining its independence from the influence of major powers.
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The nonaligned movement no longer represents a united political force in international politics.
Academic text (2000) -
Even less plausible is that Japan would become a nonaligned nuclear power.
Academic text (1990) -
In doing so, he gave notice of China's Taiwan policy to all Third World nonaligned nations.
Academic text (1999) -
Both the Arab League and the nonaligned movement were hopelessly divided and without resources to act.
Academic text (1991) -
Some Japanese advocate minimizing their country's security ties with the United States or even becoming nonaligned, though definitely without nuclear arms.
Academic text (1990) -
They insist that traditionally nonaligned India will never be a true ally of the United States.
Academic text (2006) -
During the period of military rule in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, Brazil successfully projected itself as both a leading nonaligned country and an occasional but never intimate partner of the United States.
Academic text (2010) -
President Sukarno identified strongly with the nonaligned nations movement and sought to make Indonesia a leader of the emerging third world (Legge 1972).
Academic text (1993) -
Each superpower dominates a coalition of allied states and competes with the other superpower for influence among nonaligned countries.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.6
Not supporting either side in a conflict
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6.0
Not connected to or controlled by any political party
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6.6
Not officially connected to any group or organization
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5.5
Not connected with or supporting any political group
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7.7
Not part of any group, country, or alliance
Not connected to any group, organization, or political party
Not belonging to a particular religion or organization
Not supporting or connected to any political party
Not a member of any political party
Not split into opposite groups with people holding many different views
Antonyms
How Aligned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word nonaligned starts with non- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from align, which is like the simple word line and means to be 'in line' or 'in agreement'. So, a nonaligned person or country is 'not in line with' any group and stays neutral or independent.