apolitical

adjective

apo·​lit·​i·​cal ˌā-pə-ˈli-ti-kəl How to pronounce apolitical (audio)
1
: having no interest or involvement in political affairs
also : having an aversion to politics or political affairs
2
: having no political significance
apolitically adverb

Examples of apolitical in a Sentence

Although both of her parents are politicians, she's completely apolitical.
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Sidestepping the legal and medical questions around reproduction did not mean that feminists saw the practice of menstrual extraction as apolitical. Christen Hammock Jones / Made By History, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024 In recent years, a number of Western democracies have been roiled by controversies in which spyware has been used, apparently by defense and intelligence agencies, to target opposition politicians, journalists, and apolitical civilians caught up in Orwellian surveillance dragnets. Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024 The physical and psychological damage from the five years of siege is both vast and apolitical. Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024 Lavin and Pittman also said Bluesky audiences are gravitating toward a more diverse set of topics and stories, both political and apolitical. Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for apolitical 

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of apolitical was in 1919

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“Apolitical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apolitical. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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