Vocabulary
Neutrality
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.
Urdu meaning
علیحدگی،غیر جانبداری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- However, it is common knowledge that Israeli influence has affected the neutrality of the US, which is a P5 member.
- Journalistic neutrality has been thrown to the winds; anchors, reporters and analysts have traded their reputations and professionalism for certificates of patriotism from state institutions.
- That neutrality is nobility.
- But when power consolidates, when dissenters vanish, and when laws twist into weapons, neutrality becomes complicity.
- Platforms that claim to uphold neutrality cannot act with such selective urgency.
Synonyms
impartiality, lack of bias, lack of prejudice, objectivity, open-mindedness, disinterestedness
Antonyms
partiality, bias, participation, taking sides
Curator example
“during the war, Switzerland maintained its neutrality”
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