Antonyms for non-partisan


Grammar : Adj
Spell : non-pahr-tuh-zuhn
Phonetic Transcription : nɒnˈpɑr tə zən


Definition of non-partisan

Origin :
  • also nonpartisan, 1872, American English, from non- + partisan.
  • FIRST POLITICIAN: Who's backing this non-partisan candidate?SECOND POLITICIAN: The non-partisan party.["Life," Sept. 29, 1927]
  • As a noun from 1888.
  • As in independent : adj liberated, free
  • As in indifferent : adj unfeeling, uninterested
  • As in just : adj fair, impartial
  • As in middle-of-the-road : adj moderate
  • As in moderate : adj calm, temperate
  • As in neutral : adj impartial, noncommittal
  • As in nonpartisan : adj impartial; not political
  • As in objective : adj fair, impartial
  • As in square : adj honest, genuine
  • As in unbiased : adj not prejudiced
  • As in uncommitted : adj free; not involved
  • As in unprejudiced : adj fair
  • As in nonaligned : adj neutral
  • As in self-contained : adj independent
  • As in self-supporting : adj independent
  • As in uninvolved : adj neutral
  • As in disinterested : adj detached, uninvolved
  • As in dispassionate : adj unfeeling, impartial
  • As in equal : adj fair, unbiased
  • As in equitable : adj impartial
  • As in even : adj fair, impartial
  • As in even-handed : adj impartial and fair
  • As in fair : adj impartial, unprejudiced
  • As in impartial : adj fair, unprejudiced
Example sentences :
  • Being the only non-partisan in the crowd, I was asked to referee.
  • Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty
  • It is famous because it is non-partisan and technocratic in nature.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • Being the only non-partisan in the crowd I was asked to referee.
  • Extract from : « Black Rock » by Ralph Connor
  • Non-partisan they cannot be as party-men, but only as egoists.
  • Extract from : « The Ego and His Own » by Max Stirner
  • They wanted to keep it a non-partisan benevolent and social affair.
  • Extract from : « What eight million women want » by Rheta Childe Dorr
  • Various organisations of the kind termed here "non-partisan" arose during the latter part of the eighteenth century.
  • Extract from : « The Government of England (Vol. I) » by A. Lawrence Lowell
  • The fish and game commissioners of any state should be broad-minded, non-partisan, strictly honest and sincere.
  • Extract from : « Our Vanishing Wild Life » by William T. Hornaday
  • Many cities have adopted the commission form of government by electing a non-partisan ticket composed of several commissioners.
  • Extract from : « Citizenship » by Emma Guy Cromwell
  • A civic league attempts to give a non-partisan estimate of all municipal candidates.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 » by Various
  • You can not be a Republican in one convention to-day and non-partisan in another to-morrow.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

Synonyms for non-partisan

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