neutralist
Americannoun
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a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
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a person who advocates or adheres to a policy or theory of neutralism.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of neutralist
Example Sentences
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In March 1970, a coalition of military officers, students, urban intellectuals and businessmen mounted a successful coup against Cambodia's neutralist chief of state, Prince Norodom Sihanouk.
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For three years, Cambodia's chimerical Prince veiled his relations with the Viet Cong by keeping foreign journalists out of his "neutralist" country.
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After two months of fitful negotiations in Vientiane, there has been scant progress in the talks between the Pathet Lao and the U.S.-backed but nominally "neutralist" government of Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma.
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Two of Laos' near neighbors, Thailand and South Viet Nam, are clearly worried about the impact of a neutralist government in Vientiane.
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The article in the Stampa, which appears ultra-nationalist, is in reality purely neutralist.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
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