nonalignment

[ non-uh-lahyn-muhnt ]

noun
  1. the state or condition of being nonaligned.

  2. a national policy repudiating political or military alliance with a world power, as the U.S. or the People's Republic of China.

Origin of nonalignment

1
First recorded in 1930–35; non- + alignment

Words Nearby nonalignment

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