neutrality

English

Etymology

From Middle French neutralité, from Medieval Latin neutralitas

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /njuːˈtɹæləti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nuˈtɹæləti/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

neutrality (usually uncountable, plural neutralities)

1. The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side
   • 1709, Joseph Addison, The Tatler.

     Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects.

   Synonyms: indifferent, on the fence

2. (obsolete) Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of John Donne to this entry?)

3. (chemistry): The quality or state of being neutral.
4. (international law) The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers.
5. Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states.

Translations

state of being neutral; taking no part on either side

• Afrikaans: neutraliteit
• Albanian: asnjanësi (sq), neutralitet (sq)
• Arabic: حِيَاد‎ m (ḥiyād)
• Armenian: չեզոքություն (hy) (čʿezokʿutʿyun)
• Asturian: neutralidá f
• Basque: neutraltasun
• Belarusian: нейтралітэт m (njejtralitet)
• Bulgarian: неутралност (bg) f (neutralnost)
• Catalan: neutralitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中立 (zh) (zhōnglì)

• Czech: neutralita f
• Danish: neutralitet c
• Dutch: neutraliteit (nl)
• Esperanto: neŭtraleco
• Estonian: neutraliteet
• Finnish: puolueettomuus (fi)
• French: neutralité (fr) f
• Galician: neutralidade (gl) f
• Georgian: ნეიტრალიტეტი (neiṭraliṭeṭi)
• German: Neutralität (de) f
• Greek: ουδετερότητα (el) f (oudeterótita)
• Hebrew: ניטרליות‎ f (niutráliyut), אדישות‎ (he) f (adishút)
• Hungarian: semlegesség (hu); közömbösség (hu) (chemistry)
• Icelandic: hlutleysi n
• Indonesian: netral (id)
• Interlingua: neutralitate
• Interlingue: neutralitá
• Irish: neodracht f

• Italian: neutralità (it) f (all senses)
• Japanese: 中立 (ja) (chūritsu), 中庸 (ja) (chūyō), 中性 (ja) (chūsei)
• Kazakh: бейтараптық (beytaraptıq)
• Korean: 중립 (ko) (jungnip) (中立 (ko))
• Latin: neutralitas f
• Latvian: neitralitāte f
• Lithuanian: neutralitetas m
• Macedonian: неутралност f (neutralnost)
• Malay: berkecuali
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nøytralitet (no) f

  Nynorsk: nøytralitet

• Persian: بیطرفی‎ (fa), نادرگیری‎ (fa)
• Polish: neutralność (pl) f
• Portuguese: neutralidade (pt) f
• Romanian: neutralitate (ro) f
• Russian: нейтралите́т (ru) m (nejtralitét)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: неутралност f

  Roman: neutralnost (sh) f

• Slovak: neutralita f, nestrannosť f
• Slovene: nevtralnost f
• Spanish: neutralidad (es) f
• Swedish: neutralitet (sv) c
• Thai: ความเป็นกลาง (khwaam-bpen-glaang)
• Turkish: tarafsızlık (tr), yansızlık (tr)
• Ukrainian: нейтральність f (nejtralʹnistʹ)
• Vietnamese: trung lập (vi) (中立)
• Welsh: amhleidiaeth f, amhleidioldeb m

indifference in quality

• Finnish: samanlaatuisuus, tasalaatuisuus (fi)

chemistry: quality or state of being neutral

• Finnish: neutraalius (fi)

international law: condition of a nation or government

• Finnish: puolueettomuus (fi), neutraliteetti (fi)

those who are neutral

• Finnish: puolueettomat pl

See also

• net neutrality
• network neutrality
• internet neutrality
• NN