nonalignment

nonalignment
/non'euh luyn"meuhnt/, n.
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.
[1930-35; NON- + ALIGNMENT]

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