neutrality

Language: en

🇺🇸 /nuːˈtrælətiː/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, or competition; impartiality.; The state of a nation or government that refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers.; The quality of being unbiased or not taking sides in a judgment or evaluation.; The state of having no strongly marked characteristics; indistinctness or lack of distinctive quality.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

strict neutralitypolitical neutralitymaintain neutralitydeclare neutralityneutrality policyarmed neutrality

Derivatives

neutralneutrallyneutralizeneutralizationneutralistneutralism

Synonyms

impartialitynonpartisanshipobjectivitydisinterestnonalignmentdetachment

Antonyms

partialitybiaspartisanship

Commonly confused

neutral
EN: 'Neutral' is the adjective (a neutral party); 'neutrality' is the abstract noun denoting the state or quality of being neutral.
neutralism
EN: 'Neutralism' refers specifically to a political doctrine of nonalignment in international affairs; 'neutrality' is the broader state of being impartial or unaligned.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the suffix is '-ity' (neutral + -ity = neutrality), not '-ety' or '-ty'. The 'l' before '-ity' is retained from 'neutral'.

💬 Examples

  1. Switzerland has maintained its neutrality in international conflicts for centuries.

  2. The country declared its neutrality at the outbreak of the war.

  3. The judge's neutrality was essential to ensuring a fair trial.

  4. The neutrality of the room's color scheme made it easy to decorate.