nonintervention
- noun
- /ˌnɒnˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən/
- Formal
- Regardless of the outcome in Lithuania, the Bush administration is wisely following the course of nonintervention in Soviet domestic affairs.
- nonintervention group
- principle of nonintervention
- nonintervention in affairs
Examples
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The previous policy monopoly based on free markets and nonintervention has collapsed.
Academic text (1996) -
To persuade them, Hizbullah pointed to the potential costs of nonintervention.
Academic text (2017) -
Nevertheless, his ideas did not have a significant impact on American views about political economy and state nonintervention for another two generations.
Academic text (2017) -
Stability is also strengthened by the new military leaders who have stated their commitment to nonintervention in political affairs.
Academic text (1995) -
However, a major difference between the coup attempts of 1981 and 1994 was Senegal's nonintervention in 1994.
Academic text (1996) -
In practice, recognition served as a weapon against Venezuela's democrats while "nonintervention" prevented even relatively minor efforts to help them.
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But democratic reformers rejoined that the revolution's doctrine of nonintervention had been perverted.
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The country's policy of nonintervention has helped maintain peace in the region.
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Many nations support the principle of nonintervention in foreign conflicts to avoid escalation.
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His belief in nonintervention shaped his approach to international relations and diplomacy.
Synonyms
A country's policy of staying apart from other countries' politics and trade
A country's choice to avoid political and economic contact with other countries
Not taking part in an activity with other people
Not getting involved in other countries' or people's affairs
Not taking part in or connected with something
Not taking part in an activity, especially when others do it together
Not taking part in something like a group or activity
Antonyms
Becoming involved in a situation to change what happens, often to help solve a problem
How Interventionist
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonintervention = intervention (transparent) = non + intervention
The meaning is directly 'not' + 'intervention' and corresponds to the common political term 'non-intervention'.
Etymology
Nonintervention breaks into non- meaning 'not' and intervention, from intervene, which means 'to come between' or 'step into'. So nonintervention is the idea of 'not coming between' other countries, a policy of staying out of their affairs or conflicts.