apolitical

comparative more apolitical · superlative most apolitical

1. Having no interest or involvement in politics.

   The Queen is an apolitical figure.

2. Having no political relevance or function.

   The PM's visit to the school was entirely apolitical.

3. Politically neutral, unbiased, nonaligned and free from party politics.

   My colleagues and I come to this task with open minds, we are apolitical and independent of any political party.

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   What, exactly, the criteria for this designation will be remains unclear but the ultimate aim, some analysts suspect, is to purge officers deemed insufficiently loyal to Mr. Trump – a litmus test, they warn, that’s incompatible with an apolitical military.

   2024 November 14, Anna Mulrine Grobe, “Worries rise over a Trump ‘warrior board’ to remove officers ‘unfit for leadership’”, in The Christian Science Monitor

   But like so much in the Trump administration, what was once considered apolitical is now labeled political.

   2025 September 26, Julian E. Barnes, Helene Cooper, “Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

plural apoliticals

1. A person with no involvement or no interest in politics.
2. An unbiased candidate or voter, free of a party platform.
3. A neutral or uncommitted person.