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nonintervention

nonintervention

1 7.6
A policy of not getting involved in other countries' wars or politics
  • noun
  • /ˌnɒnˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən/
  • Formal
: no intervención
  • 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

  • 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.

    Academic text (1992)
  • But democratic reformers rejoined that the revolution's doctrine of nonintervention had been perverted.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The country's policy of nonintervention has helped maintain peace in the region.

  • Many nations support the principle of nonintervention in foreign conflicts to avoid escalation.

  • His belief in nonintervention shaped his approach to international relations and diplomacy.

Synonyms

isolation
vsnonintervention
  • Literature
19 5.3

A country's policy of staying apart from other countries' politics and trade

is about refusing to intervene in others' affairs rather than full withdrawal
isolationism
vsnonintervention
  • Literature
10 7.7

A country's choice to avoid political and economic contact with other countries

is limited to avoiding involvement in foreign conflicts or specific affairs
non-involvement
vsnonintervention
1 6.0

Not taking part in an activity, especially when others do it together

is about national policy avoiding other states' affairs rather than single activities
nonparticipation
vsnonintervention
1 6.1

Not taking part in an activity with other people

is a sustained policy of avoiding other countries' affairs rather than single acts
noninterference
vsnonintervention
1 7.5

Not getting involved in other countries' or people's affairs

is focused on state practice toward international relations rather than general disputes
noninvolvement
vsnonintervention
1 5.5

Not taking part in or connected with something

is a deliberate state used mainly in foreign affairs and conflicts
disinvolvement
vsnonintervention
1 9.8

Not taking part in something like a group or activity

is a formal state applied as foreign policy, not just a general process

Antonyms

254 4.1

Becoming involved in a situation to change what happens, often to help solve a problem

How Interventionist

occupation
186 7.2
intervention
254 4.1
mediation
42 4.2
neutrality
24 4.4
nonintervention
  • Formal
1 7.6

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.