MEANING
The absence of alignment with or support for a particular political party or faction in a role or activity.
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- institutional nonpartisanship
- commitment to nonpartisanship
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Institutional nonpartisanship was assessed through the organization’s conduct rather than its title.
The commitment to nonpartisanship did not prevent disagreement about the evidence.
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- nonpartisanship
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. 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.
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