nonpartisan

or non·par·ti·zan

[ non-pahr-tuh-zuhn ]

/ nɒnˈpɑr tə zən /

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adjective

not partisan; objective.

not supporting or controlled by a political party, special interest group, or the like.

noun

a person who is nonpartisan.

Origin of nonpartisan

First recorded in 1880–85; non- + partisan¹

SYNONYMS FOR nonpartisan

2 uninvolved, disinterested, unimplicated.

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OTHER WORDS FROM nonpartisan

non·par·ti·san·ship, noun

Words nearby nonpartisan

nonpareil, nonparous, nonparticipant, nonparticipating, nonparticipation, nonpartisan, nonpartisan league, nonparty, nonpaying, nonpayment, nonpeak

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To be fair, there are nonpartisan, academic roots to the vision of the Cold War as a model of stability, not volatility.

Rick Perry: America’s Next Top Strategist? |James Poulos |September 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report has currently classified the Colorado Senate race as a tossup.

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“They need more watching than members of Congress,” says Bert Brandenburg, executive director of the nonpartisan Justice at Stake.

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For instance, in 2012, nonpartisan pollster Gallup whiffed and showed Romney ahead on Election Day nationwide.

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The money is characterized by the nonpartisan group as “a drop in the bucket” compared to what is being spent against her.

Outside Cash Floods North Carolina Judicial Race |Eleanor Clift |May 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Indignation at the defeat of the bill resulted in the birth, in February 1915, of a new political party, the Nonpartisan League.

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Much is to be hoped from civil service reform, proportional representation, and nonpartisan elections.

Liberty In The Nineteenth Century |Frederic May Holland
Since this is a nonpartisan article designed to promote good feeling it will probably be just as well not to go into this.

Seeing Things at Night |Heywood Broun
Some farmers objected to the Grange because it was a secret organization; others, because it was nonpartisan.

The Agrarian Crusade |Solon J. Buck
The new organization must of course be nonpartisan and non-political.

The Story of The American Legion |George Seay Wheat

British Dictionary definitions for nonpartisan

nonpartisan

nonpartizan

/ (ˌnɒnpɑːtɪˈzæn) /

adjective

not partisan or aligned, esp not affiliated to, influenced by, or supporting any one political party

Derived forms of nonpartisan

nonpartisanship or nonpartizanship, noun

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nonpartizan

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nonpartisan

or non·par·ti·zan

adjective

noun

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