involvement

Having a stake

Involvement is the state of being connected to or participating in something.

It often implies active engagement rather than passive presence: Her involvement in the project was crucial to its success.

The word can suggest varying degrees of commitment, from casual participation to deep entanglement.

When someone's involvement in wrongdoing is discovered, it means evidence links them to the act.

Romantic or sexual involvement refers to an intimate relationship, sometimes one that complicates other matters.

participation

engagement

Commitment to wed or attend

membership · presence · input · partaking · joining · enrollment · volunteering · hands-on · immersion · entanglement

relationship

connection

A joining or relation

closeness · rapport · tie · link · affair · romance · entanglement · liaison · personal · emotional

collaboration

cooperation

Joint action toward shared aims

alliance · affiliation · association · networking · coalition · consortium · liaison · synergy · solidarity · stake

investment

stake

Sharpened post or share

  • interestAttention, stake, or fee
  • sharePortion given out
  • equityImpartial treatment or ownership value

capital · financial · monetary · backing · funding · sponsorship · vested · speculative · portfolio · assets

activism

advocacy

Pleading for a cause

grassroots · lobbying · mobilization · organizing · cause · movement · civic · community · political · social

commitment

dedication

Wholehearted loyalty to purpose

steadfastness · fidelity · obligation · duty · responsibility · pledge · adherence · perseverance · tenacity · consistency

Categories
Opposites
participation

involvementnon-involvement

State of staying uninvolved

nonparticipation · noninvolvement · abstention · withdrawal · disengagement

emotional investment

involvementindifference

Lack of interest

detachment · apathy · disinterest · unconcern · impassiveness

entanglement/complication

involvementdisentanglement

Separation from complexity

uninvolvement · freedom · extrication · separation · independence

Phrases
Family

involvements, noninvolvement, uninvolvement

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