nonentanglement
Avoiding foreign alliances
Nonentanglement is a policy of avoiding binding commitments or alliances with other nations, particularly in military or political matters.
The term is most associated with early American foreign policy—the principle that the United States should trade freely but steer clear of permanent alliances: a doctrine of nonentanglement in European affairs.
The word applies beyond diplomacy to any deliberate avoidance of complicated involvements.
Refusal to join blocs
- noninterferenceAbstaining from involvement
- noninvolvementState of not participating
- neutralityState of taking sides
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
autonomy · independence · isolationism · unilateralism · disengagement · hands-off · abstention · nonintervention
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- independenceFreedom from external control
- boundariesLines marking separation
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- separationState of being apart
distance · disengagement · uninvolved · uncommitted · aloofness · freedom · self-reliance · uncoupling
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- nonattachmentFreedom from emotional clinging
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- dispassionFreedom from emotional bias
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
impartiality · mindfulness · acceptance · serenity · composure · indifference · disinterest · renunciation
nonalignment
Refusal to join blocs
- noninterferenceAbstaining from involvement
- noninvolvementState of not participating
- neutralityState of taking sides
sovereignty · autonomy · independence · isolationism · unilateralism · disengagement · hands-off · abstention · nonintervention · self-determination
detachment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- independenceFreedom from external control
- boundariesLines marking separation
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
separation · distance · disengagement · uninvolved · uncommitted · aloofness · freedom · self-reliance · uncoupling · extrication
detachment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- nonattachmentFreedom from emotional clinging
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- dispassionFreedom from emotional bias
objectivity · impartiality · mindfulness · acceptance · serenity · composure · indifference · disinterest · renunciation · transcendence
nonentanglementinterventionism
Policy of deliberate involvement
entanglement · internationalism · military intervention · multilateralism · collective security
nonentanglemententanglement
State of being intertwined
enmeshment · involvement · interdependence · commitment · interconnection
entanglement, tangle, tangles, tangled, tangling, entangle, entangles, entangled, entangling