nonwar means not of or pertaining to war.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, nonwar ranks #7,471 of 21,639 for Qualifying.
Etymology
From non- + war.
adj
- Not of or pertaining to war.“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”
noun
- A situation that is not a war (but possibly resembles one).“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.”