nonintervention

American  

[non-in-ter-ven-shuhn] / ˌnɒn ɪn tərˈvɛn ʃən /

noun

1. abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.

2. failure or refusal to intervene.

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nonintervention British  

/ ˌnɒnɪntəˈvɛnʃən /

noun

1. refusal to intervene, esp the abstention by a state from intervening in the affairs of other states or in its own internal disputes

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Other Word Forms

• noninterventional adjective
• noninterventionalist noun
• noninterventionism noun
• noninterventionist noun

Etymology

Origin of nonintervention

First recorded in 1820–30; non- + intervention

Example Sentences

Charter’s principles of nonintervention and territorial sovereignty, while also preserving the organization’s neutrality.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2022

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

In a recent piece for the Atlantic, he offered what he called “A Practical Guide for Avoiding Fallacies on Syria,” which took aim at several popular arguments for nonintervention.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2017

The deaths represented China’s first combat troops killed in action since border clashes following its last war, with Vietnam in 1979, after which it espoused nonintervention in affairs abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2016

Wait, I have not finished..." he said to Prince Andrew, seizing him by the arm, "I believe that intervention will be stronger than nonintervention.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

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