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🤝 Not causing division 🔬 Not affecting light
nonpolarizing

nonpolarizing

1 7.0
Not causing people to split into opposing groups or making an object have a positive and negative end
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈpoʊlərˌaɪzɪŋ/
  • US
: no polarizante
  • The committee aimed to draft a nonpolarizing statement that everyone could agree on.

Examples

  • Her nonpolarizing approach helped bring together people with very different opinions.

  • Engineers developed a nonpolarizing material for use in sensitive electronic devices.

  • The nonpolarizing filter allowed all colors to pass through.

  • He prefers nonpolarizing discussions that unite rather than divide.

  • The committee aimed to draft a nonpolarizing statement that everyone could agree on.

  • Her nonpolarizing approach helped bring together people with very different opinions.

  • He prefers nonpolarizing discussions that unite rather than divide.

Synonyms

nonpolar
vsnonpolarizing
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A substance like oil or gas that has no charged areas and does not mix with water

can also mean not causing social division between opposing groups
unpolarized
vsnonpolarizing
  • US
1 5.6

Not split into opposite groups with people holding many different views

also includes lack of electrical polarity as a separate meaning

How Polarizing

divisive
86 6.8
nonpolarizing
  • US
1 7.0
unifying
22 3.7

Surface Forms

nonpolarizing positive

Morphology

nonpolarizing = polarizing (transparent) = non + polar + ize + ing

Morphologically this is the negation of 'polarizing' and thus directly means 'not creating polarity or division' across social or electrical senses.

Etymology

Nonpolarizing combines non- 'not' and polarize 'to split into opposite sides', like the North and South poles or people divided into two groups. So a nonpolarizing statement or material does not create opposing sides or electrical poles.