📄 A legal ban 📊 No connection 🚫 No involvement

nonassociation

7.4

Not being connected with people or groups

noun
/ˌnɒnəˈseɪʃən/

: no asociación

His nonassociation with the group was noted in the official report.

Examples

Her nonassociation with the group surprised everyone.
His nonassociation with the charity raised eyebrows.
The company required strict nonassociation with any rival organizations during the contract period.
A clause of nonassociation was included to prevent conflicts of interest.
The company required strict nonassociation with any rival organizations during the contract period.
His nonassociation with the group was noted in the official report.
A clause of nonassociation was included to prevent conflicts of interest.

Synonyms

detachment

vsnonassociation

21 6.1

A lack of emotional involvement with people or situations

is more neutral, meaning simple lack of connection without emotional distance

disconnectedness

vsnonassociation

1 7.4

A feeling of being separate from other people and the world

is broader, covering social or formal lack of links as well

nonparticipation

vsnonassociation

1 6.1

Not taking part in an activity with other people

is the ongoing state rather than a single act of not joining

apartness

vsnonassociation

1 6.7

A state of being separate from other people

is more general, covering lack of any connection not only physical separation

noninvolvement

vsnonassociation

1 5.5

Not taking part in or connected with something

is more general, meaning lack of any connection beyond taking part

uninvolvement

vsnonassociation

6.6

Not taking part or caring about something

is the broader term covering both lack of contact and absence from activities

non-involvement

vsnonassociation

6.0

Not taking part in an activity, especially when others do it together

is broader, applying to any lack of connection, not just groups

non-engagement

vsnonassociation

7.4

Not taking part in group activities or events

is neutral about reason, describing any lack of connection or taking part

unconnectedness

vsnonassociation

8.0

A situation where things have no link or relation

includes lack of connection but also covers absence of active joining

disrelation

vsnonassociation

9.9

A lack of connection between things or people

also covers not being connected in action or shared activities

unrelatedness

vsnonassociation

7.6

A lack of connection between things

is broader, including absence of ties or joining, not just relation

Antonyms

association

131 3.0

A connection between people, groups, or things, often from working together

How Associated

∞ 1.3

association

131 3.0

nonassociation

7.4

isolation

172 3.7

Surface Forms

nonassociation singular

nonassociations plural

Morphology

nonassociation = association (transparent) = non + association

Productive negation 'non-' plus 'association' yields the straightforward meaning 'not associated' for general states.

Etymology

Nonassociation is made of non- 'not' and association 'joining' or 'connection', the same root as in social and society, a word that originally meant 'companion'. So nonassociation describes the state of 'not being connected' or involved with someone or something.