nonconfrontation

noun

Avoidance of confrontation.

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Meanings

nounnonconfrontation (countable and uncountable, plural nonconfrontations)

plural nonconfrontations

  1. uncountableAvoidance 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. countableA situation that is not a confrontation.

Origin

From non- + confrontation.

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APA

nonconfrontation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconfrontation

MLA

“nonconfrontation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconfrontation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonconfrontation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconfrontation.

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