neutralism

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noun
Definitions
  • The state of being neutral; neutrality.
  • A political policy of nonalignment in a situation of conflict.
  • (biology) The , holding that at the molecular level most evolutionary changes and variation within and between species are caused not by natural selection but by genetic drift of mutant alleles that are neutral.

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Suffix from English neutral.

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English

neutral

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