nonideological
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- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˌaɪdiəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
:
no ideológico
- In discussions, he remains nonideological, prioritizing practical solutions over ideological differences.
Examples
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Her nonideological perspective allowed her to evaluate the situation without bias toward any specific agenda.
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Beijing suspended its support for Maoist insurgencies throughout the world, and its general approach to diplomacy became nonideological.
Academic text (2008) -
Perhaps it is time to ask whether gay and lesbian studies cannot be pursued in a nonideological atmosphere, free of special pleading.
Academic text (1995) -
Some actually believed Obama's pretense to be a nonideological moderate.
Blog text (18) -
Manent's view of liberalism is thoroughly nonideological.
Academic text (1992) -
China's new flexible, pragmatic, and nonideological approach to Latin America is best illustrated by its policy toward Chile.
Academic text (1997) -
The Obama approach has been relatively nonideological in practice but informed by a realistic overarching sense of the United States' role in the world in the twenty-first century.
Academic text (2012) -
During the conference, Zhao affirmed the nonideological, pragmatic character of China's foreign policy, which helped to further expand its diplomatic efforts in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, where right-wing military regimes ruled.
Academic text (1997) -
Thus, by the late sixties, both parties had multiclass bases and essentially nonideological appeals, and both depended on clientelistic politics and the judicious use of patronage to maintain the loyalty of activists and mobilize support at election time.
Academic text (1992) -
The committee adopted a nonideological stance, focusing solely on the facts rather than personal beliefs.
Synonyms
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6.9
Open to people of any religion or political party
Not following a group's official beliefs
Open to new ideas and willing to change views
Antonyms
How Ideological
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonideological = ideological (transparent) = non + ideology + ical
The adjective 'ideological' is negated by the productive English prefix 'non-', yielding a straightforward negative adjective.
Etymology
Nonideological starts with non- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from ideology, which has idea ('idea') at its heart and the ending -logy (seen in biology) that groups ideas together, so nonideological means 'not based on any particular set of beliefs'.