Word of the Day:
neutrality
What It Means
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 in quality; a state neither very good nor bad.
The quality or state of being neutral.
Neutrality in Context
“Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects.”
Did You Know?
From Middle French neutralité, from Medieval Latin neutralitas. Morphologically neutral + -ity.
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