Definition of Neutralism

1. Noun. A policy of neutrality or nonalignment in international affairs.

Generic synonyms: Foreign Policy
Derivative terms: Neutralist

Definition of Neutralism

1. Noun. The state of being neutral; neutrality. ¹

2. Noun. A political policy of nonalignment in a situation of conflict. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Neutralism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neutralism

neutral stain
neutral stimulus
neutral third
neutral zone
neutralino
neutralinos
neutralisation
neutralisation reaction
neutralisations
neutralise
neutralised
neutraliser
neutralisers
neutralises
neutralising
neutralism (current term)
neutralisms
neutralist
neutralistic
neutralists
neutralities
neutrality
neutralizability
neutralizable
neutralization
neutralization fire
neutralization plate
neutralization reaction
neutralization test
neutralization tests

Literary usage of Neutralism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. India and the United States: Estranged Democracies, 1941-1991 by Dennis Kux (1994)
"... Chapter II Truman: Dealing with neutralism .arry S. Truman—even the name sounded unfamiliar—assumed the presidency with the nation, and indeed the world ..."

2. Dealignment: A New Foreign Policy Perspective by Mary Kaldor, Richard A. Falk, Gerard Holden (1987)
"Immediately after World War II neutrality and neutralism became popular in Europe. ... In the immediate postwar era neutrality and neutralism suited neither ..."

3. Europe: Dimensions of Peace by Björn Hettne (1988)
"By the decoupling of the deterrence system, neutralism offers ... As one of the alternative postures discussed under the label of 'neutralism', ..."

4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1891)
"neutralism is sufficiently condemned by the logical maxim known as Ockham's razor, ie, that not more independent elements are to be supposed than necessary. ..."

5. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"neutralism," he says, " in so far as it is a doctrine, is a doctrine of impotence, inertia, and resignation." A proclamation of neutrality may be only the ..."

6. NATO's Future: Toward a New Transatlantic Bargain by Stanley R. Sloan (1995)
"... Neutrality as an option: After warning that "[neutralism is hard to define" and noting that majorities in most European countries would prefer to "stay ..."

7. Peace and Survival: West Germany, the Peace Movement, and European Security by David Gress (1985)
"... and the trend back toward neutralism in the 1980s. A chapter on specific arguments against NATO defense strategy, including proposals for "civilian ..."

8. A Realistic Universe: An Introd. to Metaphysics by John Elof Boodin (1916)
"neutralism in metaphysics seems to owe its plausibility to its playing upon an ... The conception of neutralism, which characterizes the above movement, ..."

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