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neutralist

American  
[noo-truh-list, nyoo-] / ˈnu trə lɪst, ˈnju- /

noun

  1. a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.

  2. a person who advocates or adheres to a policy or theory of neutralism.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or advocating neutralism.

Etymology

Origin of neutralist

First recorded in 1615–25; neutral + -ist

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He is certain to be neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma, 72, who has ruled Laos, if anyone can be said to have done so, for 17 of the past 20 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is Yugoslavia, proof, at least as long as Marshal Tito lives, that a neutralist, independent Communist state is possible.

From Time Magazine Archive

For three years, Cambodia's chimerical Prince veiled his relations with the Viet Cong by keeping foreign journalists out of his "neutralist" country.

From Time Magazine Archive

It enlists a network of ostensibly independent papers, stoops to clumsy but temporarily harassing forgeries usually purported to be U.S. documents showing American diplomats engaged in subversion of neutralist governments.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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