protraction

[proh-trak-shuhn, pruh-]

noun

1. the act of protracting; prolongation; extension.

2. protrusion.

3. something that is protracted.

4. a drawing or rendering to scale.

Other Word Forms

• nonprotraction noun
• overprotraction noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of protraction¹

1525–35; < Late Latin prōtractiōn- (stem of prōtractiō ) prolongation. See protract, -ion

Example Sentences

A later resolution further requested the commission to “investigate all underlying root causes of recurrent tensions, instability and protraction of conflict, including systematic discrimination and repression based on national, ethnic, racial or religious identity.”

From Salon

China's foreign minister Qin Gang said earlier that the Ukraine crisis seemed to be driven by an invisible hand pushing for the protraction and escalation of the conflict.

From Reuters

They can also be used to prevent “the expansion and protraction of a war,” the law says, according to the state media report.

From New York Times

Indefinite protraction of the war, as in Syria, is too dangerous with nuclear-armed participants.

From New York Times

“Ukraine’s defeat of the initial Russian campaign may therefore set conditions for a devastating protraction of the conflict and a dangerous new period testing the resolve of Ukraine and the West,” according to the study.

From Washington Times