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单词 non-political
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non-politicaladj.n.

Brit. /ˌnɒnpəˈlɪtᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌnɑnpəˈlɪdᵻk(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, political adj.
Etymology: < non- prefix + political adj.
A. adj.
Not political, not involved in politics.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > [adjective] > not
non-political1841
unpolitical1894
1841 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 4 127 The are also 96 non-political journals, of which 24 are published at Vienna, 27 at Milan.
1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 13 Oct. 14/2 If the prisoner..had committed every non-political crime in the Newgate Calendar..nothing would have been easier than..to obtain his release.
1882 E. W. Hamilton Diary 27 July (1972) I. 312 It appears that H. M., regarding the matter as ‘non-political’, has also taken the advice of Lord Cranbrook and Northcote about it.
1920 B. Russell Pract. & Theory Bolshevism i. ii. 25 I was able..to find out how the whole system appears to the ordinary non-political man and woman.
1958 New Statesman 1 Feb. 131/1 Even in South Africa (I would argue) it was all right for us to live our non-political lives.
2001 Times 4 Apr. i. 20/1 Those who advised Mr Blair to postpone the election out of deference to the non-political classes were quite correct.
B. n.
A non-political person.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > not
non-political1919
1919 A. Ransome Russia in 1919 148 They were not Bolsheviks—were, in fact, typical non-politicals.
1926 R. Macaulay Crewe Train (1967) ii. iii. 67 She enjoyed her mother's party, though she found at it too many non-politicals.
1962 Guardian 22 Dec. 3/1 The other non-politicals contented themselves with brief speeches.
1995 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 11 Sept. 1 b Packwood and Franklin fall into an exchange about how the ‘nonpoliticals’ are abandoning ship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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