Nonpartisanship

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Nonpartisanship, also known as nonpartisanism, is a lack of affiliation with, and a lack of bias towards, a political party.^[1]

While an Oxford English Dictionary definition of partisan includes adherents of a party, cause, person, etc.,^[2] in most cases, nonpartisan refers specifically to political party connections rather than being the strict antonym of "partisan".^[3][4][5]