nonpartisan

Or non·par·ti·zan

[non-pahr-tuh-zuhn]

adjective

1. not partisan; objective.

2. not supporting or controlled by a political party, special interest group, or the like.

   Synonyms: disinterested

noun

1. a person who is nonpartisan.

nonpartisan

/ ˌnɒnpɑːtɪˈzæn /

adjective

1. not partisan or aligned, esp not affiliated to, influenced by, or supporting any one political party

Other Word Forms

• nonpartisanship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of nonpartisan¹

First recorded in 1880–85; non- + partisan ¹

Example Sentences

Some California Republicans may be left asking: “Who in Congress is representing our views and who do we turn to?” said Mark Baldassare, survey director of the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California.

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It says it is nonpartisan and describes its mission as “the fearless pursuit of truth.”

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That's unusual in California, which by law relies on a nonpartisan committee to draw its congressional maps once every decade, based on census data.

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Gross domestic product will be lower in the fourth quarter of this year than it would have been without the shutdown, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

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Utah also could give Democrats an outside opportunity to pick up a seat, said Dave Wasserman, a congressional forecaster for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.

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Related Words

• independent 
• neutral 
• nonaligned 
• unbiased 
• uninvolved