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irrecognition

irrecognition noun: a failure to recognize; absence of recognition.

Noun

irrecognition (uncountable)

  1. A failure to recognize; absence of recognition.
    • This exquisite irrecognition of any law antecedent to the oral or declaratory , struck so irresistibly upon the fancy of all who heard it1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

Origin of irrecognition

From ir- + recognition.

Questions about irrecognition

What does irrecognition mean?
Irrecognition means a failure to recognize; absence of recognition.
What part of speech is irrecognition?
Irrecognition is a noun.

Words near irrecognition in the dictionary

  1. irreclaimable
  2. irreclaimableness
  3. irreclaimably
  4. irreclaimed
  5. irrecognisable
  6. irrecognition
  7. irrecognizable
  8. irrecollection
  9. irrecompensable
  10. irreconcilability
  11. irreconcilable

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