Definition of Nonaggression

1. Noun. A policy of not initiating hostilities. "They signed a nonaggression pact"

Generic synonyms: Foreign Policy

Definition of Nonaggression

1. Noun. a lack of aggression ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonaggression

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonaggression

nonaflate
nonaflates
nonage
nonaged
nonageing
nonagenarian
nonagenarians
nonagency
nonagenda
nonages
nonagesimal
nonagesimals
nonagglutinative
nonaggregated
nonaggregating
nonaggression (current term)
nonaggressions
nonaggressive
nonaggressively
nonaggressor
nonaggressors
nonaging
nonagnostic
nonagon
nonagonal
nonagonistic
nonagons
nonagostic
nonagouti
nonagrarian

Literary usage of Nonaggression

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

1. The Storm Clouds Clear Over China: The Memoir of Ch'en Li-fu, 1900-1993 by Li-Fu Ch'en, Hsu-hsin Chang, Ramon Hawley Myers (1994)
"The reason we really wanted to sign a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union was to discourage that government from aiding the Chinese Communists during a ..."

2. South Korea: A Country Study by Andrea Matles Savada, William Shaw (1992)
"This document, the Agreement on Reconciliation, nonaggression, Exchange and Cooperation ... These issues included a declaration of nonaggression, a separate ..."

3. China's War With Vietnam, 1979: Issues, Decisions, and Implications by King C. Chen (1987)
"Vietnam refused it, because a nonaggression treaty would place Kampuchea in a position as equal and independent as Vietnam's, while a cooperation treaty ..."

4. Major Powers in Northeast Asian Security by Ralph A. Cossa (1996)
"two historic joint South-North agreements: the Agreement on Reconciliation, nonaggression, and Exchange and Cooperation; and the Joint Declaration on a ..."

5. The Marshall Plan Summer: An Eyewitness Report on Europe and the Russians in by Thomas Andrew Bailey (1977)
"Behind their backs he cynically signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany in ... By one way of calculating, Stalin's nonaggression pact with Hitler ..."

6. The Chinese at the Negotiating Table: Style and Characteristics by Alfred D. Wilhelm, Jr. (1995)
"These experiences resulted in further emphasis on respect for sovereignty with the addition of the 1949 formulation of principles concerning nonaggression ..."

7. Entangled Allies: U.S. Policy Toward Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus by Monteagle Stearns (1992)
"This is for NATO to inform Athens and Ankara that the alliance would be prepared to guarantee a pact of nonaggression negotiated by the two powers ..."

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