Definitions
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- noun The condition of being
nonaligned
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- noun people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty
Etymologies
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Examples
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Instead they talked about "nonalignment" - remaining outside military alliances but not ruling out taking sides in a conflict.
The Seattle Times 2011
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In its poverty and underdevelopment more than ever; in its 'nonalignment' less and less.
For a New 'Internationale' Julliard, Jacques 1978
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Or it can discard a shopworn habit of equating independence with reflexive opposition to Washington and London and lay itself open to charges of selling out its Cold War-era nonalignment.
It's Time to Re-Align India Sadanand Dhume 2011
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For many people, continuing with a religious tradition despite doubts or nonalignment might be more about finding a community, tradition, culture and a social life rather than avoiding eternal damnation.
Christmas wars come early Petula Dvorak 2010
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The 2005 nuclear deal altered the trajectory of relations between Washington and New Delhi, positioning India after years of nonalignment as a firm U.S. ally in a troubled region and as a democratic buttress to China's rise.
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Indira Gandhi speaks on democracy, socialism, and Third World nonalignment by Indira Gandhi
Miraculous Organ: Blair, Obama and the Narcissist's Defense 2009
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Among other things, independence means freedom from control, self-determination, and nonalignment.
Ed and Deb Shapiro: Fireworks, Partying, and The Real Meaning of the 4th of July 2009
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At independence in 1954, the U.S. tolerated Sihanouk's nonalignment. and extended economic aid.
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But nonalignment remains the base upon which the pillars of Indian foreign policy stand.
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India always maintained that nonalignment was neither anti-American nor anti-Soviet: it simply permits India to communicate with other nations on an equal footing.
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Active nonalignment is a foreign policy approach in which countries put their own interests front and center and refuse to take sides in the great power rivalry between the U.S. and China.
Nations are increasingly ‘playing the field’ when it comes to US and China – a new book explains explains why ‘active nonalignment’ is on the march Jorge Heine 2025
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