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nonconfrontation

noun

Etymology

From non- + confrontation.

  1. derived from confronto
  2. borrowed from confronter
  3. suffixed as confrontation — “confront + ation”
  4. prefixed as nonconfrontation — “non + confrontation”

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A situation that is not a confrontation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA