nonpartisan (noun)
1nonpartisan ballot — noun : a ballot bearing no party designations …
2nonpartisan primary — noun : a direct primary in which all qualified voters may participate without regard to political affiliations and may vote usually for two nominees for each office who are the two receiving the highest vote and whose names are placed on the… …
3nonpartisan — adjective Date: 1885 not partisan; especially free from party affiliation, bias, or designation < nonpartisan ballot > < a nonpartisan board > • nonpartisanship noun …
4nonpartisan — I noun a person who is nonpartisan • Syn: ↑nonpartizan • Ant: ↑partisan • Hypernyms: ↑person, ↑individual, ↑someone, ↑ …
5nonpartisan — 1. adjective Not partisan; impartial and unbiased 2. noun a) One who is not a partisan. b) A person who has not selected or declared a side or party …
6moderator — noun Date: circa 1560 1. one who arbitrates ; mediator 2. one who presides over an assembly, meeting, or discussion: as a. the presiding officer of a Presbyterian governing body b. the nonpartisan presiding officer of a town meeting c. the… …
7drumbeater — noun a fervent and even militant proponent of something • Syn: ↑partisan, ↑zealot • Ant: ↑nonpartisan (for: ↑partisan) • Derivationally related forms: ↑partisanship …
8nonpartisanship — noun an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally • Syn: ↑impartiality • Ant: ↑partiality (for: ↑impartiality) • Derivationally related forms: ↑impartial ( …
9nonpartisanship — noun see nonpartisan …
10blue ribbon commission — noun an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue • Syn: ↑blue ribbon committee • Hypernyms: ↑committee, ↑commission …