1. a policy of not forming alliances with or against any major power blocs
Usage: political science
2. the state of not being aligned or arranged in a straight line
Usage: technical

Examples

• India adopted a policy of nonalignment during the Cold War.
• The nonalignment movement included many developing nations.
• Several countries chose nonalignment rather than joining NATO or the Warsaw Pact.
• The nonalignment of the wheels caused the car to pull to one side.
• The engineer detected nonalignment in the machinery’s components.
• Nonalignment became a key principle for newly independent nations.