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nonsocialist

American  
[nahn-soh-shuh-list] / ˌnɑnˈsoʊ ʃə lɪst /

adjective

  1. not socialist: not adhering to, advocating for, or characterized by socialist political principles.


noun

  • nonsocialists
    plural
  1. a person who is not a socialist.

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All 32 escapees told researchers they would continue their nonsocialist activities to earn a living even after inspections or crackdowns.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2023

Savings Wiped Out In one 2007 Central Committee communiqué, Kim Jong-il complained that the markets had become “a birthplace of all sorts of nonsocialist practices.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2010

In remarkably open conversations with foreign newsmen, citizens of the capital asked searching questions about nonsocialist political systems, evincing particular interest in that of the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Borten, who had successfully headed Norway's four-party nonsocialist governing coalition since 1965, after 30 years of Labor Party rule, vigorously denied the story.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead, it refers only to the policy of maintaining friendly and fraternal relations with all socialist states and, in addition, expresses the intention of promoting friendly relations with nonsocialist states.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier

Kohl, hoping to get a last-minute boost from the victory of Sweden's nonsocialists, last week exhorted his countrymen to "follow the Swedes."

From Time Magazine Archive

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