non-alignmentn.
/ˌnɒnəˈlʌɪnm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌnɑnəˈlaɪnm(ə)nt/ Lack or absence of alignment; (Politics) absence of political or ideological affiliations with other nations, esp. with those which are most powerful. Also in extended use.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [noun] > other specific policies or advocacy of
laissez-faireism1848
localism1848
laissez-faire1873
irredentism1883
dissolutionism1894
expansionism1900
bilingualism1901
non-alignment1908
agriculturism1919
cultural imperialism1921
isolationism1922
unilateralism1926
autarky1934
elitism1934
pronatalism1938
neo-isolationism1951
non-alignedness1962
1908 Amer. Math. Monthly 15 57 The error due to the non-alignment of the edge and tracing point can be eliminated.
1955 Times 6 May 11/4 He extolled ‘non-alignment’ and co-existence.
1970 E. Bullins Theme is Blackness (1973) 153 My non-alignment with reality is quite evident and explainable..my being Black and non-committed to any political truths.
1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xx. 81 The Egyptians..prefer to hang on to what's left of their non-alignment status and not rely on the Russians.
1986 Daily Tel. 3 Sept. 11/2 Non-alignment is not so much the non-conformism of the poor as an anti-imperialist and therefore basically anti-Western cult, of which the Asians are the gurus and the 50 African states the congregation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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