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

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

Throughout the Cold War, India would be a leader of what came to be known as the nonaligned movement — formerly colonized nations that sought to develop independently of both American and Soviet influence.

From Salon

"It's been a long time now since Saudi Arabia emerged from under the U.S. shadow and the kingdom has been charting an increasingly nonaligned path that puts it at odds with U.S. interests."

From Reuters

The U.S. and its allies have imposed a string of sanctions on Moscow for the Ukraine war and there is a fierce bidding war among nonaligned nations to condemn the war.

From Washington Times

Related Words

• dispassionate
• evenhanded
• impartial
• nonpartisan
• unbiased