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Portuguese
Noun
abstencionista m or f by sense (plural abstencionistas)
- abstentionist (advocate of not getting involved politically)
Spanish
Etymology
From abstención + -ista.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /abstenθjoˈnista/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /abstensjoˈnista/
- Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: abs‧ten‧cio‧nis‧ta
Noun
abstencionista m or f by sense (plural abstencionistas)
- abstainer, abstentionist (one who abstains from something)
2015 July 27, “Mensaje a Cataluña”, in El País:Por el contrario, las encuestas (y el resultado de la consulta del 9-N, con sus cuatro millones de abstencionistas), alertan de una demanda de opciones —federalismo, autonomía reforzada— capaces de conformar una mayoría alternativa a la de los rupturistas.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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