as in objectivity
lack of favoritism toward one side or another
his unimpeachable neutrality makes him the ideal person to judge which of us is right
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Recent Examples of neutrality
And its politics and relations with Hamas reveal that UNRWA lost irretrievably its grounding in humanitarian neutrality and non-discrimination.
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Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
When the government uses its own infrastructure for partisan messaging, the very neutrality on which democratic governance depends erodes.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine prompted both Finland and Sweden to jettison decades-long policies of neutrality and join NATO.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Along these lines, American casualties during the 1950 invasion of Korea by the North made US neutrality almost impossible.
—Omar Al-Ubaydli, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
When the government uses its own infrastructure for partisan messaging, the very neutrality on which democratic governance depends erodes.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine prompted both Finland and Sweden to jettison decades-long policies of neutrality and join NATO.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Along these lines, American casualties during the 1950 invasion of Korea by the North made US neutrality almost impossible.
—Omar Al-Ubaydli, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for neutrality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutrality
Noun
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When headlines surge and prices are volatile, the urge to act can overwhelm an investor’s objectivity.—
Chris Stevens,
Nashville Tennessean,
19 Oct. 2025
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And there is no objectivity in art.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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India, an avatar of forceful neutralism early on, saw its influence diminished by regional conflict and domestic troubles.—
Erez Manela,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Dec. 2021
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Globalizing impulses helped bring about a flourishing of neutralism.—
Leo Robson,
The New Yorker,
5 Dec. 2016
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The International Court of Justice also said in its advisory opinion that the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the main UN body serving Palestinian refugees, has not violated impartiality rules and that Israel must support the agency’s relief work.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Defense lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James might also cite the exchange in court to question the impartiality of the prosecution.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Neutrality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutrality. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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