nonaligned

[ non-uh-lahynd ]

adjective

1. not aligned:

   nonaligned machine parts.

2. not allied with or favoring any other nation or bloc:

   nonaligned African nations.

noun

1. a nonaligned person or nation.

nonaligned

/ ˌnɒnəˈlaɪnd /

adjective

1. (of states) not part of a major alliance or power bloc, esp not allied to the US, China, or formerly the Soviet Union

Derived Forms

• ˌnonaˈlignment, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of nonaligned¹

1955–60; non- + aligned ( def )

Example Sentences

India spent the Cold War trying to position itself as a nonaligned power.

From New York Times

India spent the Cold War trying to position itself as a nonaligned power.

From New York Times

Instead, Assembly president Francis then gave the floor to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Nonaligned Movement which Iran belongs to for tributes that praised Raisi.

From Seattle Times

The supporters’ letter to the council president included the names of 140 countries that have recognized a Palestinian state, including members of the 22-nation Arab Group at the United Nations, the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the 120-member Nonaligned Movement.

From Seattle Times

It concentrates on five satellite states that spent the later 20th century under the thumb of Moscow — Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania — as well as the nonaligned socialist state of Yugoslavia.

From New York Times

Related Words

• dispassionate
• evenhanded
• impartial
• nonpartisan
• unbiased