Definition of "nonparticipation" [nonparticipation]

• Abstinence from social activities. (noun)

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• "Mr. Lindner encouraged party members to support the ESM, but he also reminded them that nonparticipation could be used as an "active, tactical decision.""
• "Having 41 votes makes nonparticipation just a little less credible."
• "His vision at the time of the writing of the book, 1971, one year before he died, was to organize the "white middle class" that he saw had given up its power by sinking into a state of resignation and nonparticipation in the life of a citizen."