Usually means: Avoiding direct conflict or confrontation.
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  1. nonconfrontational: Merriam-Webster
  2. nonconfrontational: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nonconfrontational: Wordnik
  4. nonconfrontational: Wiktionary
  5. nonconfrontational: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.

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▸ adjective:  Not confrontational; approaching a dispute indirectly.

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non-confrontational, unconfrontational, nonadversarial, unadversarial, nonconflictual, nondirective, indirect, noncombative, nonconciliatory, nonlitigating, more...

Opposite:
confrontational, aggressive, assertive, forceful

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Similar:
non-confrontational, unconfrontational, nonadversarial, unadversarial, nonconflictual, nondirective, indirect, noncombative, nonconciliatory, nonlitigating, more...

Opposite:
confrontational, aggressive, assertive, forceful



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