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Definition of Nonpartisan

1. Adjective. Free from party affiliation or bias.

Definition of Nonpartisan

1. Adjective. Not partisan; impartial and unbiased ¹

2. Noun. One who is not a partisan. ¹

3. Noun. A person who has not selected or declared a side or party. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonpartisan

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonpartisan

Literary usage of Nonpartisan

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

1. Commission Government in American Cities by Ernest Smith Bradford (1911)
"CHAPTER XXI nonpartisan PRIMARIES AND ELECTIONS ' THE system of nonpartisan primaries and elections, inaugurated by Des Moines and the other Iowa cities, ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"The nominations to ':• made are now divided into two classes, partisan and nonpartisan. The partisan class includes only United States Senators, congressmen ..."

3. What is Socialism?: An Explanation and Criticism of the Doctrines and by James Edward Le Rossignol (1921)
"Economic conditions do not account for everything, yet they may partially explain why the nonpartisan League should have originated in North Dakota rather ..."

4. Approaches to the Great Settlement by Emily Greene Balch, Pauline Knickerbocker Angell (1918)
"NATIONAL nonpartisan LEAGUE: RESOLUTIONS ON THE WAR [The nonpartisan League is the organization of political and economic radical democracy in the Northwest ..."

5. Civil Government in California by John Richard Sutton (1916)
"nonpartisan Direct Primaries. — No one could be nominated to any office under the original direct primary law of 1909 except as a candidate of some ..."

6. Addresses and Proceedings by National Education Association of the United States, National Teachers' Association (U.S.)., American Normal School Association, Central College Association (1905)
"A nonpartisan SCHOOL LAW EDWARD C. ELIOT, FORMER PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF EDUCATION, ST. LOUIS, MO. In accepting the invitation of the Department of ..."

7. The Law of Modern Municipal Charters and the Organization of Cities on by William Kent Clute (1920)
"Regular nonpartisan elections shall be held on the first Monday in April in each year. Special elections shall be held for such purposes at such times as ..."

8. The Englishman at Home: His Responsibilities and Privileges by Edward Porritt (1893)
"nonpartisan Character of the Service. — Pensions. — Women in the Post-office. THE military forces of England are divided into two classes, the army and the ..."

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