NONINTERVENTIONIST Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

noninterventionist

adjective

as in nonaligned

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Recent Examples of noninterventionist And Secrets suspects that a younger, noninterventionist crowd would have boosted Vance’s numbers. — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 30 Mar. 2026 Does the beginning of this war tell us anything meaningful about the long-running battle between the interventionist and noninterventionist wings of American conservativism? — Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026 Conservatives emphasized a return to a noninterventionist policy. — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025

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Russia has been able to weather Western sanctions largely by ramping up trade with nonaligned countries, particularly India and China.

— Tristan Bove, Fortune, 30 June 2026
These are hedging strategies adapted to today’s more fragmented international order, while the older divide separated aligned states from nonaligned states.

— Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 4 June 2026

Definition of nonaligned

Adjective

Its members are independent producers, with no studios, conglomerates or state bodies involved.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Nearby, the Arts District and Fashion District with ever evolving galleries and independent boutiques showcasing the city's creative energy.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of independent

Adjective

Kick, a platform known for taking a hands-off approach to content moderation, confirmed that such a livestream would violate its policies.

— Emma Roth, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026
This cruise is for anyone who appreciates spectacle, and especially for travelers who want a hands-off planning experience—everything, truly everything, will be served to you on a platter.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of hands-off

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About 90% of the investor base of the company, including Larry Ellison, the Oracle billionaire and father of Skydance CEO David Ellison, as well as RedBird Capital, Middle East sovereign wealth funds and other backers, did not receive the warrants.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund isn’t slowing its dealmaking, a senior executive said, even as the Iran war gutted the state’s revenue by 42% in the first half of the year.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of sovereign

Adjective

Its next step is to extend that experience into a broader range of autonomous defense systems.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
Removing a target, not all threats Iraqi Kurdistan, officially called the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, is a semi-autonomous federal region of the country and shares borders with Iran, Turkey and Syria.

— Firmesk Rahim, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of autonomous

Adjective

As Pate explains - seemingly every week - the JP Poll power rates teams based on whether or not they would be favored over another team on a neutral field according to oddsmakers in Vegas.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
These could include neutral-atom systems and superconducting qubits paired with transducers that convert microwave signals into light.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of neutral

Adjective

Though many unaffiliated voters have made up their minds, those who remain undecided will begin making decisions soon, as mail ballots go out and early voting begins in some states.

— Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
The election inspectors must disclose their political affiliation to help the clerks ensure balanced staffing – claiming independent or unaffiliated is not an option for these roles.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of unaffiliated

Adjective

Annie Vinatieri, a Sugarloaf Township protester, observed that the data center opponents are a combination of working, middle, and upper classes, mostly white, but definitely nonpartisan, including many who are new to environmental protests.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Californians, meanwhile, had voted to suspend a nonpartisan commission that typically draws the state’s map, and make five Republican districts friendlier for Democrats—an explicit response to Texas.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of nonpartisan

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