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neutralities

neutralities is the plural of neutrality.

Meaning of neutrality

Noun

neutrality (usually uncountable, plural neutralities)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.
    • And what happineſs is there in a ſtorm of paſſions? On this account the Scepticks affected an indifferent æquipondious neutrality as the only means to their Ataraxia, and freedom from paßionate diſturbances.1665, Joseph Glanvill, chapter XXVII, in Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; in an Essay of the Vanity of Dogmatizing, and Confident Opinion with a Reply to the Exceptions...
  2. (obsolete, usually) Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad.
    • There is no health; physicians say that we
      At best enjoy but a neutrality.1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World
  3. (usually) The quality or state of being neutral.
  4. (usually, international law) The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers.
  5. (usually) Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states.

Questions about neutralities

What is neutralities the plural of?
Neutralities is the plural of neutrality.

Words near neutralities in the dictionary

  1. neutralisms
  2. neutralist
  3. neutralistic
  4. neutralistically
  5. neutralists
  6. neutralities
  7. neutrality
  8. neutralizability
  9. neutralizable
  10. neutralization
  11. neutralization number

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