English
abstentionist
From abstention + -ist.
A compound of abstention + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch, extend’
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Latin teneō ‘hold’
Latin abstinēō ‘withhold, to abstain’
Late Latin abstēntiō ‘abstention, abstaining’
French abstention
English abstention
Today it means
noun A practitioner or advocate of not getting involved politically.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / abstentionist