non-aligned
Adjective
Meaning
non-aligned (comparative more non-aligned, superlative most non-aligned)
Alternative spelling of nonaligned
Synonyms
Examples
From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks.
For Nkrumah, non-alignment meant complete independence from the policies and alliances of both East and West and support for a worldwide union of so-called non-aligned nations as a counter to both East and West power blocs.
As a non-aligned country, India declined to fight against North Korea.
De Gaulle hoped to move France from being a follower of the United States to becoming the leading nation of a large group of non-aligned countries.
Egypt's foreign policy operates along a non-aligned level.
He generally took a non-aligned Marxist perspective on economics, and believed capitalism had malignant effects that were going to stay with Africa for a long time.