neutrality

English

Etymology

From Middle French neutralité, from Medieval Latin neutralitas

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /njuːˈtræləti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nuˈtræləti/

• 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; indifference.
   • "Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects." -Addison.
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

being neutral

• Arabic: حِيَاد m ‎(ḥiyād)
• Armenian: չեզոքություն (hy) ‎(čʿezokʿutʿyun)
• Asturian: neutralidá f
• Catalan: neutralitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中立 (zh) ‎(zhōnglì)

• Dutch: neutraliteit (nl)
• French: neutralité (fr) f
• Galician: neutralidade (gl) f
• German: Neutralität (de) f
• 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)
• Korean: 중립 (ko) ‎(jungnip) (中立 (ko))
• Latvian: neitralitāte f
• Portuguese: neutralidade (pt) f
• Romanian: neutralitate (ro) f
• Russian: нейтралите́т (ru) m ‎(nejtralitét)
• Spanish: neutralidad (es) f
• Swedish: neutralitet (sv) c
• Vietnamese: trung lập (vi) (中立)

See also

• net neutrality
• network neutrality
• internet neutrality
• NN