English-Thai Dictionary

neutrality

N ความเป็นกลาง  สถานภาพ เป็นกลาง  สถานะ ที่ เป็นกลาง  impartiality kwam-pen-klang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NEUTRALITY

n. 1. The state of being unengaged in disputes or contests between others; the state of taking no part on either side. States often arm to maintain their neutrality.
2. A state of indifference in feeling or principle.
3. Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor evil. [Little used. ]
4. A combination of neutral powers or states; as the armed neutrality.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NEUTRALITY

Neu *tral "i *ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. neutralité. ]

 

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. Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad. [Obs. ] Donne.

 

3. (Chem. )

 

Defn: The quality or state of being neutral. See Neutral, a., 4.

 

4. (International Law )

 

Defn: 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. Armed neutrality, the condition of a neutral power, in time of war, which holds itself ready to resist by force any aggression of either belligerent.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

neutrality

neu tral i ty |n (y )o͞oˈtralitē nuːˈtræləti | ▶noun 1 the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc. ; impartiality: during the war, Switzerland maintained its neutrality. 2 absence of decided views, expression, or strong feeling: the clinical neutrality of the description. 3 the condition of being chemically or electrically neutral.

 

Oxford Dictionary

neutrality

neu ¦tral |ity |njuːˈtralɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc. ; impartiality: during the war, Switzerland maintained its neutrality. 2 absence of decided views, expression, or strong feeling: the clinical neutrality of the description. 3 the condition of being chemically or electrically neutral.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

neutrality

neutrality noun 1 the tradition of civil service neutrality: impartiality, lack of bias, lack of prejudice, objectivity, open-mindedness, disinterestedness, even-handedness, fairness, fair-mindedness, detachment. ANTONYMS partiality, bias. 2 our long-term interests will be served best by maintaining our neutrality in the war: non-alignment, non-participation, non-involvement, non-intervention, non-interventionism, non-combativeness. ANTONYMS participation, taking sides.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

neutrality

neu tral i ty /n j utrǽləti /名詞 U 1 中立 (状態 ), 中立的立場 [政策 ]; 不偏不党 ▸ armed [strict ] neutrality 武装 [厳正 ]中立 2 〘化 電 〙中性 .