neutralism
Refusing all sides
Neutralism is a political stance of remaining neutral, especially a nation's policy of not aligning with major power blocs or military alliances.
The term gained currency during the Cold War to describe countries that refused to side with either the United States or Soviet Union: India's neutralism frustrated both superpowers.
In ecology, neutralism describes a relationship between species where neither benefits nor harms the other.
Freedom from personal bias
- nonpartisanshipAbsence of party affiliation
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- even-handednessUnbiased treatment of all
unbiasedness · detachment · dispassion · equanimity · balance · open-mindedness · equity · judiciousness
Policy of staying uninvolved
- nonalignmentRefusal to join blocs
- isolationismPolicy avoiding foreign alliances
- noninvolvementState of not participating
- noninterferenceAbstaining from involvement
sovereignty · autarky · self-determination · independence · autonomy · disengagement · abstention · equidistance
Neutral host, benefiting guest
- interspecificBetween different species
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- bioticRelating to life
objectivity
Freedom from personal bias
- nonpartisanshipAbsence of party affiliation
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- disinterestAbsence of bias
even-handedness · unbiasedness · detachment · dispassion · equanimity · balance · open-mindedness · equity · judiciousness
nonintervention
Policy of staying uninvolved
- nonalignmentRefusal to join blocs
- isolationismPolicy avoiding foreign alliances
- noninvolvementState of not participating
noninterference · sovereignty · autarky · self-determination · independence · autonomy · disengagement · abstention · equidistance · self-reliance
commensalism
Neutral host, benefiting guest
- interspecificBetween different species
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- foreign policydiplomacy, diplomatic negotiations, sanctions, containment, deterrence
- Neutralityimpartiality, non-alignment, non-aligned, non-intervention, non-participation
- Non-AlignmentNon-Aligned Movement, non-alignment, nonalignment, Bandung Conference, Jawaharlal Nehru
- ecologyhabitat, ecosystem, balance, niche, food webs
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- Laos historyFrench Indochina, independence movement, French colonialism, French rule, Geneva Accords
neutralismalignment
Correct relative positioning
alliance · partisanship · military alliance · collective security · coalition-building
neutralismpartiality
Unfair favor toward some
bias · partisanship · favoritism · one-sidedness · prejudice
neutralisminterventionism
Policy of deliberate involvement
involvement · engagement · activism · taking sides · partisanship
- net neutralityEqual treatment online
- gender neutralityAvoiding distinctions by sex
- carbon neutralityEmissions balanced by offsets
- political neutralityAbsence of partisan alignment
- Swiss neutralityAlpine nation's conflict abstention
- body neutralityAccepting your form exists
neutralize, neutrality, neutralization, neutralist, neutralists