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neutralist|ˈnjuːtrəlɪst|
Also 7 neuter-.
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
One who maintains a neutral attitude (in early use spec. in matters of religion). Also rarely as adj. (quot. 1810).
1623T. Scott Highw. God 58 The prophane Naturalist and Neuteralist, who is of all religions, or no religion. a1665J. Goodwin Filled w. the Spirit (1867) 359 Absolute neutralists in all manner of tenets and opinions in matters of religion. 1713Humble Plead. Gd. Old Way App. 9 Malignants, Episcopalians, Neutralists, with many professed (tho' unsound) Presbyterians. 1797Hist. in Ann. Reg. 166/1 The neutralists were at pains to explain..their principles. 1810Thirlwall Lett. (1881) I. 7, I am at present, therefore, neutralist. 1833Lytton Godolphin lv, The silent neutralist soon became regarded..as the secret foe. 1915Morning Post 1 Feb. 8/6 A meeting of neutralists, held here to-day, was broken up by Republicans, who shouted ‘Long live the war!’ 1920Glasgow Herald 26 May 9/2 The Neutralist elements..hate the very idea of celebrating Italy's entrance into the war. 1957Economist 28 Dec. 1114/2 They have been supported by perhaps an equal number of pacifists, near-pacifists and neutralists. 1963Ann. Reg. 1962 351 The congress called for the withdrawal of American influence from South Vietnam and the formation of a neutralist Government there. 1975Nature 6 Feb. 482/2 Neutralists, however, are delighted to find that this molecule of a living fossil underwent changes at least as rapidly as the homologous molecules in highly-evolved species. |