nonpartisan.

Not aligned with or serving a particular political party or faction in the relevant role or activity.

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Words that belong together

• nonpartisan institution
• nonpartisan analysis

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The nonpartisan institution published its method so that the analysis could be checked.

The report was nonpartisan in its stated role, though its conclusions remained open to criticism.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Relational or evaluative adjective; degree comparison is appropriate only where the relevant characteristic is genuinely gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: responsibility analysis, evidence qualification, ethical distinction, institutional judgment. Disciplines: academic writing, ethics, legal-administrative reasoning. Commonness: moderately common.