Meanings
noun
alternative abbreviation NAP · alternative nonaggression principle
- The legal or political principle asserting that initiating conflict against persons or their property, or threatening to do so, is illegitimate.
Synonyms: non-aggression axiom
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe legal or political principle asserting that initiating conflict against persons or their property, or threatening to do so, is illegitimate.
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Catalan principi de no-agressió
- principi de no-agressióTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 互不侵犯原則 /互不侵犯原则
- 互不侵犯原則 /互不侵犯原则Translations
Czech princip neagrese
- princip neagreseTranslations
Danish non-aggressionsprincippet
- non-aggressionsprincippetTranslations
Finnish nonaggressioperiaate
- nonaggressioperiaateTranslations
French principe de non-agression
- principe de non-agressionTranslations
German Nichtaggressionsprinzip
- NichtaggressionsprinzipTranslations
Italian principio di non aggressione
- principio di non aggressioneTranslations
Norwegian ikke-aggresjons-prinsippet
- ikke-aggresjons-prinsippetTranslations
Persian اصل عدم تجاوز
- اصل عدم تجاوز (asl 'adam tajâvoz)Translations
Portuguese princípio da não agressão
- princípio da não agressãoTranslations
Russian при́нцип ненападе́ния
- при́нцип ненападе́ния (príncip nenapadénija)Translations
Spanish principio de no agresión
- principio de no agresiónTranslations
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APA
non-aggression principle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-aggression%20principle
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“non-aggression principle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-aggression%20principle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-aggression principle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-aggression%20principle.
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