abstentionist

      English

      Etymology

      abstention +‎ -ist

      Pronunciation

      • (RP) IPA: /əbˈstɛn.ʃn̩.ɪst/
      • (US) IPA: /æbˈstɛn.ʃn̩.ɪst/, /æbˈstɛn.t͡ʃn̩.ɪst/, /əbˈstɛn.ʃn̩.ɪst/, /əbˈstɛn.t͡ʃn̩.ɪst/

      Noun

      abstentionist (plural abstentionists)

      1. A practitioner or advocate of not getting involved politically. [First attested in the late 19th century.][1]
        An abstentionist only has influence through public opinion.

      References

      1. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 9:

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