nonintervention
Americannoun
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abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
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failure or refusal to intervene.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of nonintervention
First recorded in 1820–30; non- + intervention
Example Sentences
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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
Whether it’s health care or Syria, we’re still wrestling with it—questions of intervention, nonintervention, how we deal with the disadvantage in this country.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 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
“The government of Ecuador respects the principles of nonintervention in the affairs of other nations, does not meddle in electoral campaigns nor support any candidate in particular,” the statement read.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2016
If, say at the table, when they were all together, he should drop his negative silence, his policy of nonintervention, what a horrified breathlessness would follow.
From Cytherea by Hergesheimer, Joseph
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