What does nonpartisan mean?

Definitions for nonpartisan
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nonpartisan, nonpartizanadjective

    a person who is nonpartisan

  2. nonpartisan, nonpartizanadjective

    free from party affiliation or bias

Wiktionary

  1. nonpartisannoun

    One who is not a partisan.

  2. nonpartisannoun

    A person who has not selected or declared a side or party.

  3. nonpartisanadjective

    Not partisan; impartial and unbiased

Wikipedia

  1. nonpartisan

    Nonpartisanism is a lack of affiliation with, and a lack of bias towards, a political party.While an Oxford English Dictionary definition of partisan includes adherents of a party, cause, person, etc., in most cases, nonpartisan refers specifically to political party connections rather than being the strict antonym of "partisan".

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  1. nonpartisan

    Nonpartisan refers to not being biased or influenced by, affiliated with, or supportive of any political party. This term is often used to describe decisions, actions, or individuals that are impartial, neutral, or objective, particularly in regards to political contexts.

Wikidata

  1. Nonpartisan

    In political science, nonpartisan denotes an election, event, organization or person in which there is no formally declared association with a political party affiliation. The Merrian-Webster dictionary's definition of "nonpartisan" is: Some organizations claiming to be nonpartisan are truly such; others, particularly in the USA, are nominally nonpartisan but in fact closely follow the policies of a political party. While the dictionary definition of "partisan" includes adherents of a party, cause, person, etc., in many cases nonpartisan refers specifically to political party connections rather than being the strict antonym of "partisan", and an organisation described as nonpartisan can have many decidedly controversial policies.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nonpartisan in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nonpartisan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of nonpartisan in a Sentence

  1. Merrick Garland:

    These mean among other things that we do not have different rules for Democrats or Republicans, different rules for the powerful and powerless, different rules for the rich or for the poor, we apply the facts and the law in each case in a neutral, nonpartisan manner. That is what we always do and that is what we do in the matters that you’re referring to.

  2. Keith Hall:

    Above all, Alice Rivlin forged a commitment to providing objective, nonpartisan information to help Congressional Budget Office make e?ective budget and economic policy, and Alice Rivlin commitment to high-quality analysis, well thought out and clearly presented, continues to be a guiding principle of CBO.

  3. Joe Biden:

    This violence against Democrats, Republicans, and nonpartisan officials just doing their jobs are the consequence of lies told for power and profit, lies repeated over and over to generate a cycle of anger, hate, vitriol, and even violence.

  4. Alejandro Mayorkas:

    We have policy leaders in different areas, cabinet members from both parties. This is a nonpartisan collection of experts, from whom I will obtain advice, with whom I will share ideas.

  5. Phil Berger:

    To end this matter once and for all, we will follow the court's instruction and move forward with adoption of a nonpartisan map.

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