Nonparticipation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nonparticipation \nonparticipation\ n.
     withdrawing from the activities of a group.
  
     Syn: non-engagement, non-involvement.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nonparticipation
       n : withdrawing from the activities of a group [syn: {non-engagement},
            {non-involvement}] [ant: {engagement}, {engagement}, {engagement}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonparticipation":
     a wise passiveness, contemplation, contemplative life,
     do-nothing policy, do-nothingism, do-nothingness, dormancy,
     idleness, immobility, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia,
     inertness, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism,
     meditation, neutralism, neutrality, neutralness, noninvolvement,
     nonresistance, nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, pacifism,
     paralysis, passive resistance, passive self-annihilation,
     passiveness, passivism, passivity, policy, procrastination,
     quiescence, quietism, stagnancy, stagnation, standpattism, stasis,
     vegetation, vita contemplativa, waiting game,
     watching and waiting