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nonpartisan en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + partisan.

Meanings

  1. (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

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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)

nonpartisan en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + partisan.

Meanings

  1. One who is not a partisan.
  2. A person who has not selected or declared a side or party.
    • “The first thing is that nonpartisans as a group are occasional voters,” Mr. DiCamillo said. “They are not as engaged in politics. They view the parties as being too partisan and migrated to nonpartisan.” 2008 January 29, Jennifer Steinhauer, “California’s Unaffiliated Voters Are Sometimes Unreachable”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2018:

Forms

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nonpartizan alternative, dated lexicographic
nonpartisans Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (4)

es apartidista (Translations) · pl bezpartyjna (Translations) · pl bezpartyjny (Translations) · gl apartidista (Translations)