noncrony

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noun

Not a crony.

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Meanings

nounnoncrony (plural noncronies)

plural noncronies · alternative non-crony

  1. informalNot a crony.

    […] including the Makati Business Club, formed in 1981 and made up of noncrony capitalists, began to openly denounce state corruption, notably the accumulation of public debt resulting from payouts to cronies.

    2011, Erica Chenoweth, Maria Stephan, Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict

Origin

From non- + crony.

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APA

noncrony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncrony

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“noncrony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncrony. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncrony,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncrony.

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