different between neutrality vs nonbelligerency

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

non- +? belligerency

Noun

nonbelligerency (uncountable)

1. Absence of belligerency, especially as an agreement between countries not to go to war (perhaps less amicable than neutrality).