Vocabulary Builder — Essay & Answer Writing
Multi-alignment
noun
/ MUL-tee uh-LYN-ment /
Medium
Meaning
A foreign policy strategy of simultaneously engaging with multiple power blocs and international groupings without committing exclusively to any one
Origin / Etymology
Modern English compound — multi (many) + alignment (alliance, positioning)
Synonyms
Strategic autonomy
Multi-vector diplomacy
Non-bloc engagement
Antonyms
Alignment
Bloc politics
Bandwagoning
Example Sentence
"India's simultaneous participation in the G7 as a partner country and its BRICS chairship epitomises its multi-alignment foreign policy."
🎯 UPSC Usage
Essential for GS2 IR answers on India's foreign policy evolution from non-alignment to multi-alignment — use to describe how India engages with both Western and non-Western groupings.
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