neutrality

English

Etymology

From Middle French neutralité, from Medieval Latin neutralitas.

Morphologically neutral +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /njuːˈtɹæləti/
(US) IPA^(key): /nuˈtɹæləti/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

neutrality (usually uncountable, plural neutralities)

The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.
- 1709, Joseph Addison, The Tatler.
  Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects.
Synonyms: indifferent, on the fence
(obsolete) Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad.
- 1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World
  There is no health; physicians say that we
  At best enjoy but a neutrality.
(chemistry): The quality or state of being neutral.
(international law) The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers.
Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states.

Translations

state of being neutral; taking no part on either side

Afrikaans: neutraliteit
Albanian: asnjanësi (sq), neutralitet (sq)
Arabic: حِيَاد‎ m (ḥiyād)
Armenian: չեզոքություն (hy) (čʿezokʿutʿyun)
Asturian: neutralidá f
Basque: neutraltasun
Belarusian: нейтралітэт m (njejtralitet)
Bulgarian: неутралност (bg) f (neutralnost)
Catalan: neutralitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 中立 (zh) (zhōnglì)
Czech: neutralita f
Danish: neutralitet c
Dutch: neutraliteit (nl)
Esperanto: neŭtraleco
Estonian: neutraliteet
Finnish: puolueettomuus (fi)
French: neutralité (fr) f
Galician: neutralidade (gl) f
Georgian: ნეიტრალიტეტი (neiṭraliṭeṭi)
German: Neutralität (de) f
Greek: ουδετερότητα (el) f (oudeterótita)
Hebrew: ניטרליות‎ f (niutráliyut), אדישות‎ (he) f (adishút)
Hungarian: semlegesség (hu); közömbösség (hu) (chemistry)
Icelandic: hlutleysi n
Indonesian: netral (id)
Interlingua: neutralitate
Irish: neodracht f
Italian: neutralità (it) f (all senses)
Japanese: 中立 (ja) (chūritsu), 中庸 (ja) (chūyō), 中性 (ja) (chūsei)
Kazakh: бейтараптық (beitaraptyq)
Korean: 중립(中立) (ko) (jungnip)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: bêalîtî (ku) f
Latin: neutralitas f
Latvian: neitralitāte f
Lithuanian: neutralitetas m
Macedonian: неутралност f (neutralnost)
Malay: berkecuali (ms)
Nepali: तटस्थता (taṭasthatā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nøytralitet (no) f
Nynorsk: nøytralitet
Persian: بیطرفی‎ (fa), نادرگیری‎ (fa)
Polish: neutralność (pl) f
Portuguese: neutralidade (pt) f
Romanian: neutralitate (ro) f
Russian: нейтралите́т (ru) m (nejtralitét)
Sanskrit: तटस्थता (taṭasthatā)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: неутралност f
Roman: neutralnost (sh) f
Slovak: neutralita f, nestrannosť f
Slovene: nevtralnost f
Spanish: neutralidad (es) f
Swedish: neutralitet (sv) c
Thai: ความเป็นกลาง (khwaam-bpen-glaang)
Turkish: tarafsızlık (tr), yansızlık (tr)
Ukrainian: нейтральність f (nejtralʹnistʹ), нейтраліте́т (uk) m (nejtralitét)
Vietnamese: trung lập (vi) (中立)
Welsh: amhleidiaeth f, amhleidioldeb m

indifference in quality

Finnish: samanlaatuisuus, tasalaatuisuus (fi)
Polish: neutralność (pl) f

chemistry: quality or state of being neutral

Bulgarian: неутралност (bg) f (neutralnost)
Finnish: neutraalius (fi)

international law: condition of a nation or government

Bulgarian: неутралитет m (neutralitet)
Finnish: puolueettomuus (fi), neutraliteetti (fi)
Galician: neutralidade (gl) f
Polish: neutralność (pl) f

those who are neutral