Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who professes neutrality; a neutral.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality.

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  • adjective Of or relating to neutralism.
  • noun A person who advocates such policies.

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  • noun an advocate of neutrality in international affairs

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Examples

  • India, no longer a jewel in the Imperial Crown but still a member of the Commonwealth, adopts what she calls a neutralist policy which to the untutored eye seems to mean taking from both sides and giving to neither.

    Imperial Legacy 1970

  • Second, Pakistan's masses, radicalized en permanence during the regime of the "neutralist" Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, are out of step and out of tune with the country's -- mostly Punjabi -- elites.

    Dr. Charles G. Cogan: Can the Center Hold? 2009

  • (And even though I am a "neutralist," I don't think much of Kimura's solution.)

    Death of a popular anti-ID argument 2007

  • He mentioned efforts to develop a "neutralist" organization based on younger, more nationalistic, and less corrupt segments of the elite, but he had little hope of their success.

    A Special Supplement: A Visit to Laos Chomsky, Noam 1970

  • To briefly recapitulate that ancient history: In the late 1960s, Cambodia was ruled by a "neutralist" king, Norodom Sihanouk, leading a weak government that had little relevance to its poor and barely educated citizens.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2010

  • To briefly recapitulate that ancient history: In the late 1960s, Cambodia was ruled by a "neutralist" king, Norodom Sihanouk, leading a weak government that had little relevance to its poor and barely educated citizens.

    Signs of the Times 2010

  • To briefly recapitulate that ancient history: In the late 1960s, Cambodia was ruled by a "neutralist" king, Norodom Sihanouk, leading a weak government that had little relevance to its poor and barely educated citizens.

    Signs of the Times 2010

  • 'neutralist' in those days, and during the Bangladesh war, it closed its eyes to a genocide against the Muslim population of East Bengal.

    Zee News : India National 2009

  • 'neutralist' in those days, and during the Bangladesh war, it closed its eyes to a genocide against the Muslim population of East Bengal.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • He has developed a philosophy of Christian education which is not neutralist.

    Warren Throckmorton, Ph.D.: Dominionism? What Dominionism? Ph.D. Warren Throckmorton 2011

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