involvement

English

Alternative forms

• envolvement

Etymology

From involve +‎ -ment.

Noun

involvement (usually uncountable, plural involvements)

1. The act of involving, or the state of being involved.
   • 1988 July 8, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Portfolio Without Artist”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     His colorful life span might be regarded as the story of an adventurer rather than that of an artist; despite his lengthy involvements in many of the arts--painting, fiction, theater, and film--one often feels from his autobiography that it was the adventures that counted most for him.

Derived terms

• overinvolvement
• self-involvement

Translations

the act of involving or state of being involved

Bulgarian: заме́сеност (bg) f (zamésenost), уча́стие (bg) n (učástie) Dutch: betrokkenheid (nl) f Finnish: osallistuminen (fi) French: implication (fr) f German: Betroffenheit (de) f Greek: ανάμειξη (el) f (anámeixi), συμμετοχή (el) f (symmetochí) Ancient: μετοχή (metokhḗ) Hungarian: (state) érintettség (hu), bevonódás, belekeveredés (hu), közreműködés (hu), részvétel (hu), szerepvállalás (hu), (act) bevonás (hu), belekeverés (hu) Italian: coinvolgimento (it) Malayalam: ഉൾപ്പെടൽ (uḷppeṭal), ഇടപെടൽ (ml) (iṭapeṭal) Polish: zaangażowanie (pl) n Portuguese: envolvimento (pt) m Russian: прича́стность (ru) f (pričástnostʹ), уча́стие (ru) n (učástije) (participation), заме́шанность (ru) f (zaméšannostʹ) Spanish: involucramiento (es) m, involucración (es) f Swedish: involvering c Ukrainian: у́часть f (účastʹ, literally “participation”), приче́тність f (pryčétnistʹ) (being involved), залу́чення n (zalúčennja) (act of involving)