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neutralist

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

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

Example Sentences

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Souvanna Phouma, 82, courtly former Prime Minister of Laos, whose neutralist regime was toppled by the Communist Pathet Lao in 1975; in Vientiane.

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

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Were I in Viet Nam, I think I might be an anguished neutralist Buddhist some place," he has confessed to an interviewer.

From Time Magazine Archive

The allied powers must draw him from that jail, before they can have the full advantage of the exertions of this great neutralist.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund