Dictionary

nonparticipation en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + participation.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The fact of not participating in some activity or event.
   • The possibility of large-scale nonparticipation by the country’s Pashtuns is casting a cloud over the Afghan presidential election, which, American and other Western officials here believe, needs to be seen as legitimate by ordinary Afghans for the next government to exercise real authority over the next five years. 2009 August 17, Dexter Filkins, “Taliban Threats May Sway Vote in Afghanistan”, in New York Times:
   • Voluntary nonparticipation in the work force is a growing problem in some developed countries.

Forms

Antonyms

participation · involvement

Relateds

nonparticipant · nonparticipative · nonparticipatory · nonparticipating