nonwar

non- +‎ war

nonwar (not comparable)

1. Not of or pertaining to war.
   • 2022 June 13, Chun-mei Hwang, “Chinese leader Xi Jinping signs new rules governing 'non-war' military operations”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., edited by Luisetta Mudie, Radio Free Asia‎, archived from the original on 14 June 2022:

     Chinese leader Xi Jinping has signed a directive allowing non-war uses of the military, prompting concerns that Beijing may be gearing up to invade the democratic island of Taiwan under the guise of a "special operation" not classified as war. […]
     "[It] provides a legal basis for non-war military operation," it said.
     Among the six-chapter document's stated aims are "maintaining national sovereignty ... regional stability and regulating the organization and implementation of non-war military operations," it said.

nonwar (plural nonwars)

1. A situation that is not a war (but possibly resembles one).
   • 2008, Richard K. Betts, Conflict after the Cold War: arguments on causes of war and peace, page 226:

     Several specific nonwars are in their own way even more extraordinary than the one that has taken place between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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