nonpartisan
Americanadjective
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not supporting or controlled by a political party, special interest group, or the like.
- Synonyms:
- disinterested
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonpartisanship noun
Etymology
Origin of nonpartisan
First recorded in 1880–85; non- + partisan 1
Example Sentences
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Ricardo Herrero, executive director of the Cuba Study Group, a nonpartisan policy group in Washington, said the aim of restricting oil was to force Havana "to make real concessions at the negotiating table."
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Jared Walczak, senior fellow at the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, said in an interview that “all policy involves trade-offs between economic growth and revenue generation.”
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
“Overall, most crimes are lower than where they were prepandemic,” said Ernesto Lopez, a senior research specialist with the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice and co-author of a recent report on crime trends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
The independent, nonpartisan Cook Political Report, which has a sterling decades-long record of election forecasting, said the most probable outcome is a wash.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
The nonpartisan fellowship also gave me the chance to learn from the other fellows, an impressively diverse and talented group from all over the country.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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