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nonengagement

  • a word derived from engagement.
    engagement
    noun
    the act of engaging or the state of being engaged; involvement: The website failed because of weak visitor engagement.

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They might also say that nonengagement is just another word for privilege.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2021

For too long, the response to the provocation that painting “died” in the 1960s was nonengagement: of course painting is alive and well, so why bother with a proper rebuttal?

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2018

Adopt an attitude of peaceful nonengagement and focus your energies on more productive avenues, and feel free not to buy the fifth book.

From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2018

This nonengagement strategy worked: After presenting himself as an ostentatiously humble cipher during confirmation hearings, the 49-year-old Gorsuch was elevated to the Supreme Court by a vote of 54 to 45.

From Slate ● May 17, 2017

As tempting as it might be to start rubbing Ruby and Synthesizer in your sister-in-law’s face, I think gentle nonengagement is the road to hoe here.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2016