nonalignment

[non-uh-lahyn-muhnt]

non·a·lign·ment

[non-uh-lahyn-muhnt]
noun
1.
the state or condition of being nonaligned.
2.
a national policy repudiating political or military alliance with a world power, as the U.S. or the People's Republic of China.

Origin:
1930–35; non- + alignment
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nonaligned (ˌnɒnəˈlaɪnd)
 
adj
(of states) not part of a major alliance or power bloc, esp not allied to the US, China, or formerly the Soviet Union
 
nona'lignment
 
n

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