neutralist

[ noo-truh-list, nyoo- ]

noun

1. a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
2. a person who advocates or adheres to a policy or theory of neutralism.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or advocating neutralism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of neutralist¹

First recorded in 1615–25; neutral + -ist

Example Sentences

It was their anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism and their neutralist stance.

From The Guardian

“Instead of internationalism, we find among the Left now a sort of affectless, neutralist, smirking isolationism,” he wrote in the Washington Post in October of 2002, a week after he quit his column at the Nation.

From Salon

Moreover, his intemperate criticism of Washington promoted neutralist, anti-American tendencies in his Social Democratic Party, which only helped undermine his chancellorship.

From New York Times

Finland and Sweden are perfectly pleasant nations which followed independent, neutralist policies during the Cold War and face no significant threats today. 

From Forbes

"Big" Minh, as he was universally known, was a former general who headed what he described as a neutralist "third force" and was acceptable to the communists.

From Time Magazine Archive

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