abstencionista

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Portuguese

Noun

abstencionista m or f by sense (plural abstencionistas)

  1. 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)

  1. 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.
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