nonintervention

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A form of non-intervention — The policy of a state of not intervening in the domestic affairs of another.

Similar
noninterference
Opposite
intervention
OriginEnglish intervention ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān- →
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Meanings

nounnonintervention (countable and uncountable, plural noninterventions)

plural noninterventions

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of non-intervention.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes

Similar
noninterference
Opposite
intervention
Broader
foreign policy
Also see
noninterference

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Englishintervention
  15. Englishnonintervention

From non- + intervention.

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APA

nonintervention. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonintervention

MLA

“nonintervention.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonintervention. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonintervention,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonintervention.

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