non-interventionn.
/ˌnɒnɪntəˈvɛnʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑnˌɪn(t)ərˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)n/ Absence of intervention; spec. the principle or practice of not becoming involved in others' affairs, esp. as adopted by one state in regard to others.
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non-intervention1824
intervention1831
non-entanglement1864
non-interventionism1917
interventionism1923
1824 King George IV King's Speech in Parl. Deb. New Ser. 10 25 He [sc. Lord Liverpool]..deprecated that attack—not on abstract principles of non-intervention,..but because France could make out no specific case which gave her any title to interfere with the internal regulations of Spain.
1831 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers (1884) II. xvi. 103 The Whigs erected their administration on three legs—non-intervention, retrenchment, reform.
1849 S. P. Chase Let. 30 July (1874) xii. 102 What will be the cost to the Democracy of the alliance with the slaveholders in a presidential campaign?.. It is non-intervention upon the subject of slavery.
1881 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 192/1 Premature recognition of a struggling rebellion would be regarded as a breach of the principle of non-intervention.
1959 Ann. Reg. 1958 51 A discreet non-intervention in the debate was observed by the Leader of the Party.
1980 R. Mabey Common Ground ii. i. 95 There are bewitchingly secluded gullies of alder and downy birch..deliberately allowed to go wild (the official term is ‘non-intervention zones’).
1996 M. Ceadel Origins of War Prevention 42 Cobden hoped that this [sc. free trade] would be the only internationalist policy required, and that liberal states would be free to practise rigorous non-intervention.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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