nonpatronage

Not patronage, or not related to patronage.

And, it may be granted, the membership, as often in Europe, is recruited on a nonpatronage basis and on a large enough scale so as to go well beyond the limited ranks of potential candidates for elective office.

"A lot of people in the black community don't have a feel for progressive versus nonprogressive government or patronage versus nonpatronage or fiscal conservatism versus free spending.

Failure to patronize a business.

A third practice outlawed is discrimination against shippers as punishment for nonpatronage.