nonintervention
Americannoun
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abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
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failure or refusal to intervene.
noun
Other Word Forms
- noninterventional adjective
- noninterventionalist noun
- noninterventionism noun
- noninterventionist noun
Etymology
Origin of nonintervention
First recorded in 1820–30; non- + intervention
Example Sentences
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British, French, and other European powers pursued a policy of nonintervention, however, believing it prudent given Japanese expansion in Asia and elsewhere and the U.S. policy of neutrality.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
In fact, Beijing has not gone to war since 1979, a record of nonintervention that makes it unique among the permanent members of the U.N.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2020
They remained until 1934, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt pulled them out as part of his new Good Neighbor Policy, which called for regional nonintervention.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 24, 2019
Whether it’s health care or Syria, we’re still wrestling with it—questions of intervention, nonintervention, how we deal with the disadvantage in this country.
From Slate • Sep. 22, 2017
Inaction -- N. inaction, passiveness, abstinence from action; noninterference, nonintervention; Fabian policy, conservative policy; neglect &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
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