nonaligned

American  

[non-uh-lahynd] / ˌnɒn əˈlaɪnd /

adjective

1. not aligned.

   nonaligned machine parts.

2. not allied with or favoring any other nation or bloc.

   nonaligned African nations.

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noun

1. a nonaligned person or nation.

nonaligned British  

/ ˌnɒnəˈlaɪnd /

adjective

1. (of states) not part of a major alliance or power bloc, esp not allied to the US, China, or formerly the Soviet Union

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Other Word Forms

• nonalignment noun

Etymology

Origin of nonaligned

1955–60; non- + aligned ( def. )

Example Sentences

While officially nonaligned, India drew close to the Soviet Union during the Cold War, while the U.S. backed Pakistan, India’s bitter enemy.

From The Wall Street Journal

India spent the Cold War trying to position itself as a nonaligned power.

From New York Times

It concentrates on five satellite states that spent the later 20th century under the thumb of Moscow — Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania — as well as the nonaligned socialist state of Yugoslavia.

From New York Times

Throughout the Cold War, India would be a leader of what came to be known as the nonaligned movement — formerly colonized nations that sought to develop independently of both American and Soviet influence.

From Salon

South Africa has repeatedly claimed to have a “nonaligned stance” on the war and has abstained from every United Nations vote on the matter.

From Washington Times

Related Words

• dispassionate
• evenhanded
• impartial
• nonpartisan
• unbiased