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nonconfrontation

nonconfrontation noun: avoidance of confrontation.

Noun

nonconfrontation (countable and uncountable, plural nonconfrontations)

  1. (uncountable) Avoidance of confrontation.
    • Mr. Obama, pursuing a front-runner’s strategy of nonconfrontation after winning 11 straight contests, mostly defended his positions and views, though he said he and his team had not “whined” about the Clinton camp’s attacks on him.2008 February 27, Patrick Healy, “Democrats Clash on Trade, Health and Tactics”, in New York Times
  2. (countable) A situation that is not a confrontation.

Forms of nonconfrontation

pluralnonconfrontations

Origin of nonconfrontation

From non- + confrontation.

Questions about nonconfrontation

What does nonconfrontation mean?
Nonconfrontation means avoidance of confrontation.
What part of speech is nonconfrontation?
Nonconfrontation is a noun.
What is the plural of nonconfrontation?
The plural of nonconfrontation is nonconfrontations.

Words near nonconfrontation in the dictionary

  1. nonconformitants
  2. nonconformities
  3. nonconformity
  4. nonconforms
  5. nonconfoundable
  6. nonconfrontation
  7. nonconfrontational
  8. nonconfrontationally
  9. nonconfrontations
  10. nonconfronter
  11. nonconfronters

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