Definition of "neutralism" [neutralism]

• The state of being neutral; neutrality. (noun)
• A political policy or advocacy of nonalignment or noninvolvement in conflicting alliances and of attempting to mediate or conciliate in conflicts between states: "Neutralism differs from neutrality in that it is an attitude of mind in time of peace rather than a legal status in time of war” ( London Times). (noun)

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• "Nor can we see Germany going its own way in neutralism or towards the east, because that would be equally damaging to the new and emerging Europe."
• "Nevertheless, neutralism is still the foreign doctrine of all the nationalist Arab states, even though in Egypt at this moment it seems to mean not so much a good or tolerable relation with both blocs as bad terms with both."
• "To me it seems like yet another sign that journalism is no longer going to be occupied that neutralism, but it will have more of a political partisan bent."