Meaning & use
neutralist
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A person or nation that advocates or practices political neutrality, especially by refusing to align with either side in a conflict or rivalry between major powers.
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During the Cold War, several newly independent nations adopted a neutralist foreign policy.
The neutralist senator argued against joining either military alliance.
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Neutralist became a common political term during the Cold War to describe countries in the Non-Aligned Movement that avoided siding with either the US or the USSR.
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2. adjective
Advocating or characterized by political neutrality.
India pursued a broadly neutralist stance throughout much of the Cold War.
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