NONPARTICIPATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Withdrawing from the activities of a group

Synonyms:

non-engagement; non-involvement; nonparticipation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("nonparticipation" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonparticipation"):

isolation (a country's withdrawal from international politics)

neutrality (nonparticipation in a dispute or war)

Antonym:

participation (the act of sharing in the activities of a group)