nonpartisan en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + partisan.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not partisan; impartial and unbiased.
This means Gore will have to stop dancing away from the question as if the pardon decision were somehow shared with the pardonee. It's time he chose the hard right over the easy wrong answer. (For Bush, it would be an opportunity to demonstrate nonpartisan compassion on a grand scale.)
2000 August 24, William Safire, “Essay; Pardon Me, But . . .”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2018:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nonpartizan | alternative, dated | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonpartisanism · nonpartisanship
Synonyms
indifferent · equal · cold · fairhanded · indistinguishing · evenhanded · nonpersonal · unprepossessed · nonaligned · unpartial · imprejudicate · detached · impartial · disinterested · unpartisan · nonpartial · neutral · candid · equitable · uninterested · egal · unbigoted · disinterested · objective · unpartisan · unprejudiced · clinical · nonpartisan · fair-minded · unbiased · neuter · dispassionate
Translations (4)
es apartidista (Translations) · pl bezpartyjny (Translations) · de überparteilich (Translations) · gl apartidista (Translations)