English Dictionary

benign neglect

名詞

不可算名詞

(set phrase, often politics or public policy) A policy or strategy of deliberately taking no action concerning an issue, challenging situation, or other problem in the belief that this course will ultimately result in the best outcome possible.

日本語の意味

政策や公共分野で、あえて介入せず放置することで、最終的に最良の結果が得られると期待する戦略（温和な無視） / 問題に対して意図的に行動を控え、自然な解決や回復を促そうとする方針

Faced with escalating tensions, the administration adopted a stance of benign neglect, believing that strategic inaction would ultimately calm the situation.

緊張が高まる中、政府はあえて介入しない方針を採り、戦略的な不介入が最終的に事態を鎮静させると信じていた。

意味（1）

(set phrase, often politics or public policy) A policy or strategy of deliberately taking no action concerning an issue, challenging situation, or other problem in the belief that this course will ultimately result in the best outcome possible.

So tranquil, so quiescent seems Black America in the Nixon Era that a presidential partisan could well argue that benign neglect has worked.