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non-involvement

non-involvement

6.0
Not taking part in an activity, especially when others do it together
  • noun
  • /nɒn ɪnˈvɒlvmənt/
translation icon : no participación
  • He explained his non-involvement in the controversy during the interview.

Examples

  • The company maintained strict non-involvement in political affairs.

  • Her non-involvement in the project surprised everyone.

  • Her non-involvement in the project surprised her colleagues.

  • The committee discussed the implications of non-involvement.

  • He explained his non-involvement in the controversy during the interview.

  • The company maintained strict non-involvement in political affairs.

  • Her non-involvement in the project surprised her colleagues.

Synonyms

detachment
vsnon-involvement
21 6.1

A lack of emotional involvement with people or situations

is a factual state of lack of involvement without emotional distance
nonparticipation
vsnon-involvement
1 6.1

Not taking part in an activity with other people

is about the state or fact rather than a single action
abstention
vsnon-involvement
1 7.2

Choosing not to take part in something, often giving up pleasures like alcohol

is a neutral state of not taking part without deliberate principled avoidance
noninvolvement
vsnon-involvement
1 5.5

Not taking part in or connected with something

is the same meaning but written without a hyphen
disinvolvement
vsnon-involvement
9.8

Not taking part in something like a group or activity

focuses on the state or fact rather than the act or process
nonassociation
vsnon-involvement
7.4

Not being connected with people or groups

stresses lack of association generally rather than group activity focus
non-engagement
vsnon-involvement
7.4

Not taking part in group activities or events

is a neutral condition of not taking part rather than active withdrawal
uninvolvement
vsnon-involvement
6.6

Not taking part or caring about something

is focused on group activities rather than emotional or responsibility distance

Antonyms

involvement
418 2.9

Taking part in an activity, group, or discussion

How Involved

engagement
78 3.9
involvement
418 2.9
non-involvement
6.0
detachment
21 6.1

Surface Forms

non-involvement singular
non-involvements plural

Morphology

non-involvement = involvement (transparent) = non + involve + ment

The productive negation prefix 'non-' is added to the familiar noun 'involvement', yielding a straightforward negative meaning.

Etymology

Non-involvement breaks into non- meaning 'not' and involve, which originally had the idea 'to wrap into' something. So non-involvement is like staying 'not wrapped' in a situation — staying out and not taking part.