different between neutrality vs neutralism

English

Etymology

From Middle French neutralité, from Medieval Latin neutralitas

Morphologically neutral +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nju??t?æl?ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nu?t?æl?ti/

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.
   • 1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World

     There is no health; physicians say that we
     At best enjoy but a neutrality.

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

See also

• net neutrality
• network neutrality
• internet neutrality
• NN

English

Etymology

neutral +? -ism

Noun

neutralism (countable and uncountable, plural neutralisms)

1. The state of being neutral; neutrality.
2. A political policy of nonalignment in a situation of conflict.
3. (biology) The neutral theory of molecular evolution, holding that at the molecular level most evolutionary changes and variation within and between species are caused not by natural selection but by genetic drift of mutant alleles that are neutral.

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