Nonconfrontational
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Nonconfrontational is an adjective meaning Not confrontational; approaching a dispute indirectly.
Meaning
Not confrontational; approaching a dispute indirectly.
Example Sentences
Of course,[…] physicians and students need to be educated about how to give feedback in professional and nonconfrontational ways.
Just a few days before McNamara died, Politico uncovered a particularly graphic example involving The Post: an invitation to lobbyists to shell out $25,000 to $250,000 to sponsor off-the-record, nonconfrontational "salons" where they could mix with what a promotional flier called "the right people" and "alter the debate."
Word Forms
- non-confrontational
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include non-confrontational, unconfrontational, nonadversarial, unadversarial, nonconflictual, nondirective.
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