nonwar

English

From non- +‎ war.

nonwar (not comparable)

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^[1], 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)

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.